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A convoy of U.S. Marine Corps mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles provides security while they travel down Route 1 near Gereshk in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 5, 2014. The Marines, assigned to Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, are redeploying back to Camp Leatherneck.

SECURITY CONVOY

A convoy of U.S. Marine Corps mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles provides security while they travel down Route 1 near Gereshk in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 5, 2014. The Marines, assigned to Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, are redeploying back to Camp Leatherneck.

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