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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason R. Moore and Pfc. Kurt M. Cahill push a supply bundle clear of its parachute lines and prepare it for loading onto a truck after an aerial drop near Forward Operating Base Geronimo in Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 27, 2009. Moore, a drop zone commander, and Cahill, a logistics embarkation chief, are assigned to the logistics operations section, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

PALLET PUSHERS

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason R. Moore and Pfc. Kurt M. Cahill push a supply bundle clear of its parachute lines and prepare it for loading onto a truck after an aerial drop near Forward Operating Base Geronimo in Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 27, 2009. Moore, a drop zone commander, and Cahill, a logistics embarkation chief, are assigned to the logistics operations section, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

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