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u.s. marines wait to board helicopters at a forward operating base in helmand province, southern afghanistan, thursday, sept. 17, 2009. (ap / brennan linsley)
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navy petty officer 3rd class jeremy fleming, a corpsman from company e (co. e), battalion landing team 2nd battalion, 5th marines (blt 2/5), 31st marine expeditionary unit (meu) trudges through a swamp toward combat town to conduct a mock raid in support of meu exercise 2009 (meuex ‘09) sept. 11. meuex ‘09 focuses on the 31st meu’s ability to accomplish its core functions as the only permanently forward-deployed meu in the asia pacific region.
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lance cpl. justin a. amundson, a rifleman from company e (co. e), battalion landing team 2nd battalion, 5th marines (blt 2/5), 31st marine expeditionary unit (meu) advances through a swamp toward combat town to conduct a mock raid in support of meu exercise 2009 (meuex ‘09), sept. 11. meuex ‘09 focuses on the 31st meu’s ability to accomplish its core functions as the only permanently forward-deployed meu in the asia pacific region.
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marines from company e (co. e), battalion landing team 2nd battalion, 5th marines (blt 2/5), 31st marine expeditionary unit (meu), conduct a mock raid in support of meu exercise 2009 (meuex ‘09). meuex ‘09 focuses on the 31st meu’s ability to accomplish its core functions as the only permanently forward-deployed meu in the asia pacific region.
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lance cpl. jacob gullet, a rifleman from company e (co. e), battalion landing team 2nd battalion, 5th marines (blt 2/5), 31st marine expeditionary unit (meu), provides security through a window during a mock raid in the central training area in support of meu exercise 2009 (meuex ‘09), sept. 11. meuex ‘09 focuses on the 31st meu’s ability to accomplish its core functions as the only permanently forward-deployed meu in the asia pacific region.
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helmand province, afghanistan (sept. 9, 2009) u.s. navy hospital corpsman 3rd class ryan tucker, assigned to 2nd battalion, 8th marine regiment police mentoring team, patrols an abandoned bazaar with afghan national border police in little jugroom, garmsir district, helmand province, afghanistan, sept. 9, 2009. afghan border police and the police mentoring team are looking for possible enemy activity after reports of taliban using the bazaar as a meeting place. (u.s. marine corps photo by sgt. pete thibodeau/released)
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helmand province, afghanistan (sept. 10, 2009) hospital corpsman 3rd class ryan tucker, assigned to 2nd battalion, 8th marine regiment police mentoring team (pmt), maintains security during a local security patrol with afghanistan national border police (abp) in garmsir district, helmand province, afghanistan (u.s. marine corps photos by sgt. pete thibodeau/released
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helmand province, afghanistan (sept. 9, 2009) hospital corpsman 3rd class landon hoft, assigned to bravo company, 1st battalion, 5th marine regiment, writes a letter to his family at forward operating base blue falcons nest. 1st battalion, 5th marine regiment is deployed with regimental combat team 3, conducting counter insurgency operations with the afghan national security forces in southern afghanistan. (u.s. marine corps photo by cpl. artur shvartsberg/released)