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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Nobriga halts during a foot patrol in the Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2009. Nobriga, a hospital corpsman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan national security forces in southern Afghanistan.

HELMAND HALT

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Nobriga halts during a foot patrol in the Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2009. Nobriga, a hospital corpsman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan national security forces in southern Afghanistan.

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