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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Steve Murello listens as an Afghan officer explains the coordinates used during a live-fire exercise incorporating the Afghan army’s 4th Kandak forward observers, fire direction control personnel and artillerymen on Forward Operating Base Kalagush in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, Aug. 2, 2009. Murello is a member of the Embedded Training Team 4-4.

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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Steve Murello listens as an Afghan officer explains the coordinates used during a live-fire exercise incorporating the Afghan army’s 4th Kandak forward observers, fire direction control personnel and artillerymen on Forward Operating Base Kalagush in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, Aug. 2, 2009. Murello is a member of the Embedded Training Team 4-4.

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