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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Justin Hickman, top, holds a rod stabilizer in his mouth while pushing together two Hesco barriers on Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 31, 2009. Hickman is assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Justin Hickman, top, holds a rod stabilizer in his mouth while pushing together two Hesco barriers on Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 31, 2009. Hickman is assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Justin Hickman, top, holds a rod stabilizer in his mouth while pushing together two Hesco barriers on Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 31, 2009. Hickman is assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion.

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