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U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan Brown, right, uses his interpreter to converse with Hajji Ayatollah, left, a village elder in the Durzay region of Helmand province's Garmsir district, inside Ayatollah's compound while on a security patrol in Durzay, Afghanistan, April 30, 2012. On the final patrol of their seven-month deployment, the Marines toured the Durzay region of Helmand province's Garmsir district to disrupt possible insurgent activity.

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U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan Brown, right, uses his interpreter to converse with Hajji Ayatollah, left, a village elder in the Durzay region of Helmand province's Garmsir district, inside Ayatollah's compound while on a security patrol in Durzay, Afghanistan, April 30, 2012. On the final patrol of their seven-month deployment, the Marines toured the Durzay region of Helmand province's Garmsir district to disrupt possible insurgent activity.

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