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U.S. Marines and Afghan army soldiers rush back to their vehicles to pick up supplies from an air drop outside Fire Base Fiddler Green, Afghanistan, July 5, 3009. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Battalion. A KC-130 dropped 12 pallets of fuel, food and water to support the personnel at the fire base.

AFGHAN SUPPLIES

U.S. Marines and Afghan army soldiers rush back to their vehicles to pick up supplies from an air drop outside Fire Base Fiddler Green, Afghanistan, July 5, 3009. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Battalion. A KC-130 dropped 12 pallets of fuel, food and water to support the personnel at the fire base.

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