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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brandon Mann helps Marine Corps Sgt. Guillermo Floresmartines out of a canal during a patrol around the villages of Sre Kala and Paygel in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2012. Mann is a military working dog handler and Floresmartines is an assistant squad leader, both assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Mann's dog, Ty, is to the left of Mann's side.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brandon Mann helps Marine Corps Sgt. Guillermo Floresmartines out of a canal during a patrol around the villages of Sre Kala and Paygel in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2012. Mann is a military working dog handler and Floresmartines is an assistant squad leader, both assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Mann's dog, Ty, is to the left of Mann's side.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brandon Mann helps Marine Corps Sgt. Guillermo Floresmartines out of a canal during a patrol around the villages of Sre Kala and Paygel in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2012. Mann is a military working dog handler and Floresmartines is an assistant squad leader, both assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Mann's dog, Ty, is to the left of Mann's side.

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