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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnny Willis uses the optic lens on his weapon to scan the area during a night patrol near Combat Outpost Now Zad in the Now Zad district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 28, 2013. Willis is assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnny Willis uses the optic lens on his weapon to scan the area during a night patrol near Combat Outpost Now Zad in the Now Zad district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 28, 2013. Willis is assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnny Willis uses the optic lens on his weapon to scan the area during a night patrol near Combat Outpost Now Zad in the Now Zad district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 28, 2013. Willis is assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.

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