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staff sgt. robert jernigan, team leader, firepower control team alpha, 1st brigade platoon, 2nd air naval gunfire liaison company, marine expeditionary brigade-afghanistan, motions for his fellow marines to follow his lead during a patrol, sept. 23, near checkpoint north in helmand province, afghanistan. jernigan and his marines have the ability to call for indirect fire support, both from aircraft and artillery, when troops on the ground can't suppress the enemy in combat engagements.
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marines with firepower control team alpha, 1st brigade platoon, 2nd air naval gunfire liaison company, marine expeditionary brigade-afghanistan, sit around a campfire with u.k. soldiers from number ix company, 1st battalion, welsh guards, after a patrol, sept. 23, near checkpoint north in helmand province, afghanistan. insurgents launched a small-arms attack on the checkpoint from the north and northeast shortly afterward.
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cpl. gavin molitor, a radio operator with firepower control team alpha, 1st brigade platoon, 2nd air naval gunfire liaison company, marine expeditionary brigade-afghanistan, lights a candle as a small frog basks in the warmth of a nearby fire near an empty water bottle, sept. 21, at checkpoint north in helmand province, afghanistan. the marines of 2nd anglico often join some of the soldiers from number ix company, 1st battalion, welsh guards, each night to relax around a makeshift camp fire.
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lance cpl. dustin thompson, a radio operator with firepower control team alpha, 1st brigade platoon, 2nd air naval gunfire liaison company, marine expeditionary brigade-afghanistan, sits in an irrigation canal with cpl. tim barney, a forward observer with fct-a, during a patrol, sept. 23, near checkpoint north in helmand province, afghanistan. the patrol took the soldiers and marines through fields of crops and through waist-high irrigation canals from the checkpoint down to another u.k. post known as tapa parang and back up to the checkpoint.
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sgt. ryan sisson, a forward observer with 1st brigade platoon, 2nd air naval gunfire liaison company, marine expeditionary brigade-afghanistan, waits in a field of grass during a patrol, sept. 23, near checkpoint north in helmand province, afghanistan. sisson traveled to checkpoint north from lashkar gah to provide fire support to his fellow anglico marines.
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lance cpl. dustin thompson, a radio operator with firepower control team alpha, 1st brigade platoon, 2nd air naval gunfire liaison company, marine expeditionary brigade-afghanistan, leaps over an irrigation canal as staff sgt. robert jernigan, team leader, fct-a, reaches out to catch him, sept. 23, near checkpoint north in helmand province, afghanistan. the marines and their u.k. counterparts had to work together constantly during the patrol to negotiate the obstacles presented by the afghan terrain.

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cpl. gavin molitor, a radio operator with firepower control team alpha, 1st brigade platoon, 2nd air naval gunfire liaison company, marine expeditionary brigade-afghanistan, lights a candle as a small frog basks in the warmth of a nearby fire near an empty water bottle, sept. 21, at checkpoint north in helmand province, afghanistan. the marines of 2nd anglico often join some of the soldiers from number ix company, 1st battalion, welsh guards, each night to relax around a makeshift camp fire.