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A U.S. Marine reunites with his family on Marine Corps Base Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, April 21, 2010, following a deployment to Afghanistan with the 3rd Marine Division' s Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7. The U.S. unit worked with the Afghan National Army to increase their effectiveness in counterinsurgency operations.

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A U.S. Marine reunites with his family on Marine Corps Base Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, April 21, 2010, following a deployment to Afghanistan with the 3rd Marine Division' s Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7. The U.S. unit worked with the Afghan National Army to increase their effectiveness in counterinsurgency operations.

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