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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Stiltner, right, and an Indonesian servicemember carry supplies to the load point during a humanitarian and disaster relief effort in Padang, Indonesia, Oct. 12, 2009. Stiltner is assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Stiltner, right, and an Indonesian servicemember carry supplies to the load point during a humanitarian and disaster relief effort in Padang, Indonesia, Oct. 12, 2009. Stiltner is assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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