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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josh Vance radios to his squad leader just after clearing a compound during a six-hour firefight with insurgents in the Garmsir district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2009. Vance is a team leader assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josh Vance radios to his squad leader just after clearing a compound during a six-hour firefight with insurgents in the Garmsir district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2009. Vance is a team leader assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josh Vance radios to his squad leader just after clearing a compound during a six-hour firefight with insurgents in the Garmsir district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 13, 2009. Vance is a team leader assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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