Afghanistan: Lima Company, Marines
U.S. Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers move forward on foot patrol in a stronghold Taliban area in Marjah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, on April 5, 2010. (Maurico Lima/Getty Images)
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