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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Rudy jumps over a canal during a security patrol through Helmand province's Nawa district, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2009. Rudy is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The 1st Battalion is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.

CANAL CROSSING

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Rudy jumps over a canal during a security patrol through Helmand province's Nawa district, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2009. Rudy is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The 1st Battalion is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.

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