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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mike Means maintains security while U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers move through fields in order to establish a patrol base in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2009. Means is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mike Means maintains security while U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers move through fields in order to establish a patrol base in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2009. Means is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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