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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Angelo Agudelo carries a bag of ammonium nitrate from a cache of materials to make improvised explosive devices found in a compound recently occupied by insurgents in Garmsir district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2009. Agudelo is a team leader, assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Angelo Agudelo carries a bag of ammonium nitrate from a cache of materials to make improvised explosive devices found in a compound recently occupied by insurgents in Garmsir district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2009. Agudelo is a team leader, assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Angelo Agudelo carries a bag of ammonium nitrate from a cache of materials to make improvised explosive devices found in a compound recently occupied by insurgents in Garmsir district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2009. Agudelo is a team leader, assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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