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Lance Cpl. Nicholas W. Fitzanko, a 21-year-old from Wauconda, Ill, inspects an AK-47 assault rifle at Camp Taqaddum?s Ammunition Supply Point. Fitzanko, an ammunition technician with Ammunition Platoon, Supply Company, Combat Logistics Regiment-15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), is part of a team that conducts limited technical inspections on recovered weapons before redeploying them to the Iraqi Army. ?We need to arm our allies,? said Warrant Officer Robert P. Smith, officer in charge of the ASP. ?We not only need to train them on our tactics, we need to arm them with what they need to fight the insurgents.? Camp Taqaddum is not the only base contributing to the redeployment of seized weapons. The Marine Corps has also established collection points at Al Asad and Fallujah.