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Sgt. Joseph Potucek (left), 25, of Nastic, N.Y., and Lance Cpl. Alexander Vassilopoulos, 27, from New York City, hand out packages of hygiene and comfort items to Iraqi highway patrolmen at an Iraqi base in Western al-Anbar province, Iraq, Nov. 23. Both Potucek and Vassilopoulos are Reserve Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5. The packages were mailed to the Marines in Iraq by a women�s organization in Carlsbad, Calif., to show their support for the troops� service in fighting the Global War on Terror.