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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Thomas Savage, right, commander of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shakes hands with a Portuguese Marine following assault training exercise near Lisbon, Portugal, April 10, 2015.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Thomas Savage, right, commander of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shakes hands with a Portuguese Marine following assault training exercise near Lisbon, Portugal, April 10, 2015.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Thomas Savage, right, commander of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, shakes hands with a Portuguese Marine following assault training exercise near Lisbon, Portugal, April 10, 2015.

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