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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick Kelley speaks with an Afghan boy while providing security during an inspection of a new school being built in Ghartallah, Musa Qal’eh district, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2010. Kelley, a civil affairs noncommissioned officer is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick Kelley speaks with an Afghan boy while providing security during an inspection of a new school being built in Ghartallah, Musa Qal’eh district, Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2010. Kelley, a civil affairs noncommissioned officer is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines.

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