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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Bower, a rifleman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, patrols a village in the Helmand province in Afghanistan on Dec. 22, 2008. Bower's battalion is the ground combat component of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Kyle Bower patrols a village in the Helmand province.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Bower, a rifleman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, patrols a village in the Helmand province in Afghanistan on Dec. 22, 2008. Bower's battalion is the ground combat component of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Afghanistan.

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