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U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment load boxes of meals, ready to eat in the back of a trailer at Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 30, 2009. The 1st Battalion is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.

U.S. Marines load boxes of meals, ready to eat.

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment load boxes of meals, ready to eat in the back of a trailer at Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 30, 2009. The 1st Battalion is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.

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