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A U.S. Marine and an Afghan police officer conduct a patrol in Helmand province's Nawa district, Afghanistan Sept. 5, 2009. The Marine is assiged to Alpha company 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, which is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

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A U.S. Marine and an Afghan police officer conduct a patrol in Helmand province's Nawa district, Afghanistan Sept. 5, 2009. The Marine is assiged to Alpha company 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, which is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

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