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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Channing Bergen, left, and Sgt. Robert Cronk, right, work to open a door for Afghan soldiers searching shops for illegal drugs and improvised explosive device components in Safar Bazaar, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2011. Bergen is a rifleman and Cronk is a combat engineer assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Channing Bergen, left, and Sgt. Robert Cronk, right, work to open a door for Afghan soldiers searching shops for illegal drugs and improvised explosive device components in Safar Bazaar, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2011. Bergen is a rifleman and Cronk is a combat engineer assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.

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