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Marine Lance Cpls. Jennifer Paredes and Stephanie Boyer strap communication lines together during Operation Unified Assistance in Utapao, Thailand, on Jan. 12, 2005. More than 18,000 service members with Combined Support Force 536 are working with international militaries and non-governmental organizations to aid the people affected by the devastating tsunamis in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Paredes and Boyer are assigned to the 7th Communications Battalion, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.

Marine Lance Cpls. Jennifer Paredes and Stephanie Boyer strap communication lines together.

Marine Lance Cpls. Jennifer Paredes and Stephanie Boyer strap communication lines together during Operation Unified Assistance in Utapao, Thailand, on Jan. 12, 2005. More than 18,000 service members with Combined Support Force 536 are working with international militaries and non-governmental organizations to aid the people affected by the devastating tsunamis in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Paredes and Boyer are assigned to the 7th Communications Battalion, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.

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