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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. John Schippert, platoon commander of Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and an interpreter talk to Afghan children while conducting a security patrol in the Nawa district of the Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is a ground combat element deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

Lt. John Schippert and an interpreter talk to Afghan children.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. John Schippert, platoon commander of Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and an interpreter talk to Afghan children while conducting a security patrol in the Nawa district of the Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2009. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment is a ground combat element deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7, which conducts counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

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