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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd class Cameron Kirk, right, fellow Marines and Cane, a military working dog, patrol during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. Kirk, a hospital corpsman, is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd class Cameron Kirk, right, fellow Marines and Cane, a military working dog, patrol during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. Kirk, a hospital corpsman, is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd class Cameron Kirk, right, fellow Marines and Cane, a military working dog, patrol during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. Kirk, a hospital corpsman, is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7.

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