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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Mark Kratzer briefs his Marines after conducting mission rehearsals on Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province, July 10, 2013. Kratzer is assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

NIGHT REHEARSALS

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Mark Kratzer briefs his Marines after conducting mission rehearsals on Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province, July 10, 2013. Kratzer is assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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