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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Chandler provides security using a M249 light machine gun during a firefight with insurgents near a bazaar in the Nad Ali district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 4, 2013. Chandler is a machine gunner assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Chandler provides security using a M249 light machine gun during a firefight with insurgents near a bazaar in the Nad Ali district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 4, 2013. Chandler is a machine gunner assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Chandler provides security using a M249 light machine gun during a firefight with insurgents near a bazaar in the Nad Ali district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 4, 2013. Chandler is a machine gunner assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment.

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