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If you were looking for someone you'd trust with your life — someone who need to be the very epitome of honesty, reliability, and loyalty — where is the absolute last place on Earth you would look?

Local Marines have found a way to recruit tomorrow's warriors and save money by using craigslist.com.

Marines at the Recruiting Station-New York, based in Garden City, L.I., began advertising on the popular site about a month ago.

"Every recruiting station across the nation can find different opportunities to target their area at the grassroots level," said Staff Sgt. Matt Butler of the Marines' First Recruiting District.

So far, it's paying off. Butler said half a platoon had checked in.

"We've had 15 contacts," Butler said. "It's been successful in [our] view."

And there's 15 more Abu Ghraibs right there.

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