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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Hardaway (front) and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicklaus Mies provide security in assault amphibious vehicles in a desert south of Fallujah, Iraq, on May 12, 2006. Mies is a crew chief with 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Hardaway and Lance Cpl. Nicklaus Mies provide security.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Hardaway (front) and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicklaus Mies provide security in assault amphibious vehicles in a desert south of Fallujah, Iraq, on May 12, 2006. Mies is a crew chief with 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.

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