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U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment walk through a sand storm to do laundry at life support area 4, Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2009. The Marines are deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Marines walk through a sand storm to do laundry.

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment walk through a sand storm to do laundry at life support area 4, Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2009. The Marines are deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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