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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Dalton Bentley, left, and Daniel Keeler provide security inside a compound during a patrol in Nad Ali district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2014. Bentley, an automatic rifleman, and Keeler, a team leader, are assigned to 3d Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Dalton Bentley, left, and Daniel Keeler provide security inside a compound during a patrol in Nad Ali district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2014. Bentley, an automatic rifleman, and Keeler, a team leader, are assigned to 3d Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Dalton Bentley, left, and Daniel Keeler provide security inside a compound during a patrol in Nad Ali district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2014. Bentley, an automatic rifleman, and Keeler, a team leader, are assigned to 3d Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment.

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