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U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Javier Nunez III provides security after CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters inserted him into the area during a mission in Tagvreshk village in Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 1, 2014. Nunez, an automatic rifleman, is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Javier Nunez III provides security after CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters inserted him into the area during a mission in Tagvreshk village in Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 1, 2014. Nunez, an automatic rifleman, is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Javier Nunez III provides security after CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters inserted him into the area during a mission in Tagvreshk village in Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 1, 2014. Nunez, an automatic rifleman, is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

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