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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Parker J. Crochet, left, prepares to zero his weapon during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, Dec. 2, 2014. Crochet is a rifleman assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Parker J. Crochet, left, prepares to zero his weapon during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, Dec. 2, 2014. Crochet is a rifleman assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Parker J. Crochet, left, prepares to zero his weapon during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, Dec. 2, 2014. Crochet is a rifleman assigned to Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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