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U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, use laptops and telephones at a mobile morale, welfare and recreation center at Forward Operating Base Jackson, Sangin Valley, Afghanistan, on Oct. 5, 2010. Marines used the electronics to communicate with their families back home.

U.S. Marines use laptops and telephones at a mobile morale, welfare and recreation center.

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, use laptops and telephones at a mobile morale, welfare and recreation center at Forward Operating Base Jackson, Sangin Valley, Afghanistan, on Oct. 5, 2010. Marines used the electronics to communicate with their families back home.

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