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An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies above as U.S. Marines learn how to mark improvised explosive devices on Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 20, 2013.

An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies above as U.S. Marines learn how to mark improvised explosive devices on Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 20, 2013.

An AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies above as U.S. Marines learn how to mark improvised explosive devices on Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 20, 2013.

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