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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brock Wilki scans the iris of an Afghan man at an Afghan National Police checkpoint in the Nawa district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2009, to register the man into a computer system database. Wilki is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

IRIS SCAN

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brock Wilki scans the iris of an Afghan man at an Afghan National Police checkpoint in the Nawa district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2009, to register the man into a computer system database. Wilki is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

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