womeninuniform:AL ASAD, IRAQ (20 January 2005) — LCpl. Nicole…

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AL ASAD, IRAQ (20 January 2005) — LCpl. Nicole Harden, 21, provides security for her fellow Marines with Combat Service Support Battalion’s Company C during a vehicle-mounted, .50-caliber heavy machine gun, live-fire exercise at a range north of Al Asad, Iraq, designed to improve their defenses against roadside attacks and keep their knowledge of the weapon sharp. When she’s not teaching ballet classes in Illinois, Harden serves as an electrician with the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, a reserve unit out of Peoria, Illinois.