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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Clayton Dodson checks a compact metal detector before setting up a joint vehicle checkpoint with Afghan army soldiers in the Now Zad district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 27, 2013. Dodson, a machine gunner, is assigned to Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Clayton Dodson checks a compact metal detector before setting up a joint vehicle checkpoint with Afghan army soldiers in the Now Zad district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 27, 2013. Dodson, a machine gunner, is assigned to Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Clayton Dodson checks a compact metal detector before setting up a joint vehicle checkpoint with Afghan army soldiers in the Now Zad district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 27, 2013. Dodson, a machine gunner, is assigned to Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.

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