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U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. John Kroll, left, Gunnery Sgt. Javier Vega, center, and Navy Chief Louie Alvarez discuss projects while looking over a map of Kandahar in the eastern edge of Khavejeh Molk, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2010. Kroll and Vega are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26, and Alvarez is assigned to Battalion 40.

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U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. John Kroll, left, Gunnery Sgt. Javier Vega, center, and Navy Chief Louie Alvarez discuss projects while looking over a map of Kandahar in the eastern edge of Khavejeh Molk, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2010. Kroll and Vega are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26, and Alvarez is assigned to Battalion 40.

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