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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Isaiah Schult, an improvised explosive device dog handler, jokes with Afghan children and a Afghan National Police officer outside a local residence in Garmsir Districe, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 22. Schult is assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

GARMSIR GRIN

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Isaiah Schult, an improvised explosive device dog handler, jokes with Afghan children and a Afghan National Police officer outside a local residence in Garmsir Districe, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 22. Schult is assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

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