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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Keith Carpenter carries an M224 60-mm mortar system tube during training to maintain weapons proficiency on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2014. Carpenter is a mortarman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Keith Carpenter carries an M224 60-mm mortar system tube during training to maintain weapons proficiency on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2014. Carpenter is a mortarman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Keith Carpenter carries an M224 60-mm mortar system tube during training to maintain weapons proficiency on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2014. Carpenter is a mortarman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment.

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