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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Stone, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Shawn Gaffney begin packing unpurchased items into large cardboard boxes on Forward Operating Base Sabit Qadam in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2014. Stone, a morale, welfare and recreational specialist, and Gaffney, a disbursing agent, are assigned to the warfighter express services team.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Stone, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Shawn Gaffney begin packing unpurchased items into large cardboard boxes on Forward Operating Base Sabit Qadam in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2014. Stone, a morale, welfare and recreational specialist, and Gaffney, a disbursing agent, are assigned to the warfighter express services team.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Stone, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Shawn Gaffney begin packing unpurchased items into large cardboard boxes on Forward Operating Base Sabit Qadam in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2014. Stone, a morale, welfare and recreational specialist, and Gaffney, a disbursing agent, are assigned to the warfighter express services team.

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