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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Richard Fitzgerald, right, receives a traditional tais, or scarf, from a Timor-Leste defense force troop during an appreciation ceremony for Sapper 13 participants in Dili, Timor-Leste, Oct. 25, 2013. Fitzgerald, a platoon commander, is assigned to the 9 Engineering Support Battalion, Engineering Alpha Company.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Richard Fitzgerald, right, receives a traditional tais, or scarf, from a Timor-Leste defense force troop during an appreciation ceremony for Sapper 13 participants in Dili, Timor-Leste, Oct. 25, 2013. Fitzgerald, a platoon commander, is assigned to the 9 Engineering Support Battalion, Engineering Alpha Company.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Richard Fitzgerald, right, receives a traditional tais, or scarf, from a Timor-Leste defense force troop during an appreciation ceremony for Sapper 13 participants in Dili, Timor-Leste, Oct. 25, 2013. Fitzgerald, a platoon commander, is assigned to the 9 Engineering Support Battalion, Engineering Alpha Company.

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