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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jason Wintermute, right, laughs with children in Lop Buri, Thailand, Nov. 20, 2011. Wintermute is an anti-terrorism force protection officer assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force flood relief command element.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jason Wintermute, right, laughs with children in Lop Buri, Thailand, Nov. 20, 2011. Wintermute is an anti-terrorism force protection officer assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force flood relief command element.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jason Wintermute, right, laughs with children in Lop Buri, Thailand, Nov. 20, 2011. Wintermute is an anti-terrorism force protection officer assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force flood relief command element.

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