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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Amore uses a metal detector while sweeping for caches and possible improvised explosive devices near the Helmand River, Afghanistan, March 24, 2012. Amore is a team leader and mortar man assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Amore uses a metal detector while sweeping for caches and possible improvised explosive devices near the Helmand River, Afghanistan, March 24, 2012. Amore is a team leader and mortar man assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Amore uses a metal detector while sweeping for caches and possible improvised explosive devices near the Helmand River, Afghanistan, March 24, 2012. Amore is a team leader and mortar man assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

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