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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Bourgeois, right, receives observational information from Beninese Army officer Mathieu Ahodoto during a joint scout observation training exercise conducted as part of Shared Accord 2009 in Bembereke, Benin, June 14, 2009. Exercise Shared Accord is a multinational exercise sponsored by U.S. Africa Command.

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Bourgeois, right, receives observational information from Beninese Army officer Mathieu Ahodoto during a joint scout observation training exercise conducted as part of Shared Accord 2009 in Bembereke, Benin, June 14, 2009. Exercise Shared Accord is a multinational exercise sponsored by U.S. Africa Command.

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