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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Warren Burton, a combat correspondent, fires a 60-mm mortar system during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, on Dec. 12, 2008. Burton is with the command element for the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force ñ Afghanistan, deployed in support of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Warren Burton fires a 60-mm mortar system.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Warren Burton, a combat correspondent, fires a 60-mm mortar system during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, on Dec. 12, 2008. Burton is with the command element for the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force ñ Afghanistan, deployed in support of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan.

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