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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Johnson sits in the back of a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle during a combat logistics patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 25, 2013. Johnson, a heavy equipment operator, is assigned to Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, Regional Command, Southwest.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Johnson sits in the back of a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle during a combat logistics patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 25, 2013. Johnson, a heavy equipment operator, is assigned to Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, Regional Command, Southwest.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Johnson sits in the back of a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle during a combat logistics patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 25, 2013. Johnson, a heavy equipment operator, is assigned to Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, Regional Command, Southwest.

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