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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mitch Hoover, left, shakes hands with Nepalese army Capt. Rabindra Shrestha at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 11, 2015. Hoover is a crew chief assigned to Joint Task Force 505.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mitch Hoover, left, shakes hands with Nepalese army Capt. Rabindra Shrestha at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 11, 2015. Hoover is a crew chief assigned to Joint Task Force 505.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mitch Hoover, left, shakes hands with Nepalese army Capt. Rabindra Shrestha at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 11, 2015. Hoover is a crew chief assigned to Joint Task Force 505.

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