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U.S. Marine Sgt. Eric R. Wagner, left, provides aerial security while U.S. Marines load up into a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter after an operation in Tangi Sufla in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 18, 2013. Wagner, a crew chief, is assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Eric R. Wagner, left, provides aerial security while U.S. Marines load up into a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter after an operation in Tangi Sufla in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 18, 2013. Wagner, a crew chief, is assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Eric R. Wagner, left, provides aerial security while U.S. Marines load up into a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter after an operation in Tangi Sufla in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 18, 2013. Wagner, a crew chief, is assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461.

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