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Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Smejkal, foreground, leads a patrol during a live-fire exercise on Camp Upshur on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 21, 2014. Smejkal is assigned to Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion.

Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Smejkal, foreground, leads a patrol during a live-fire exercise on Camp Upshur on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 21, 2014. Smejkal is assigned to Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion.

Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Smejkal, foreground, leads a patrol during a live-fire exercise on Camp Upshur on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 21, 2014. Smejkal is assigned to Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion.

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