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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Hall, left, takes a flare from U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Weins to place into a flare chute during a battlefield illumination mission near Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, July 18, 2014. Hall, a crew chief, and Weins, a loadmaster, are assigned to Marine Aerial Refueling Transportation Squadron 352.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Hall, left, takes a flare from U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Weins to place into a flare chute during a battlefield illumination mission near Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, July 18, 2014. Hall, a crew chief, and Weins, a loadmaster, are assigned to Marine Aerial Refueling Transportation Squadron 352.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Hall, left, takes a flare from U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Weins to place into a flare chute during a battlefield illumination mission near Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, July 18, 2014. Hall, a crew chief, and Weins, a loadmaster, are assigned to Marine Aerial Refueling Transportation Squadron 352.

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