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A U.S. Marine mans a machinegun while looking out the back door as Marines assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines are transported in a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter to replace the Marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, in Now Zad, in the Helmad Province of Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2008.

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A U.S. Marine mans a machinegun while looking out the back door as Marines assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines are transported in a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter to replace the Marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, in Now Zad, in the Helmad Province of Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2008.

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