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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dillion Hertweck provides security during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. Hertweck, a radio operator, is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dillion Hertweck provides security during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. Hertweck, a radio operator, is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dillion Hertweck provides security during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. Hertweck, a radio operator, is assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7.

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