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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Lyman hands a piece of candy to an Afghan child during a security patrol in Garmser District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2011. Lyman is a mortarman assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers met with local elders at a shura and built rapport with local children during the patrol.

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Lyman hands a piece of candy to an Afghan child during a security patrol in Garmser District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2011. Lyman is a mortarman assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers met with local elders at a shura and built rapport with local children during the patrol.

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