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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard Freeman leaps over an irrigation trench during a patrol in Helmand province's Nawa district, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2009. Freeman is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard Freeman leaps over an irrigation trench during a patrol in Helmand province's Nawa district, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2009. Freeman is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment.

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