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Marines Corps Cpl. Jordan Claspell meets his 2-month-old son, Elijah, for the first time upon his return to Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 4, 2015, from a seven-month deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Marines Corps Cpl. Jordan Claspell meets his 2-month-old son, Elijah, for the first time upon his return to Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 4, 2015, from a seven-month deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Marines Corps Cpl. Jordan Claspell meets his 2-month-old son, Elijah, for the first time upon his return to Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 4, 2015, from a seven-month deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

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