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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brett Cowles fires his M240B machine gun during unknown distance live-fire training on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2013. Cowles, a machine gunner, is assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brett Cowles fires his M240B machine gun during unknown distance live-fire training on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2013. Cowles, a machine gunner, is assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brett Cowles fires his M240B machine gun during unknown distance live-fire training on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2013. Cowles, a machine gunner, is assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

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