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U.S. Navy Seaman Lucas J. Jettson looks through his weapon's scope for possible insurgent activity during a security patrol in the abandoned village of Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2009. Jettson is a hospital corpsman assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

SEAMAN'S SCOPE

U.S. Navy Seaman Lucas J. Jettson looks through his weapon's scope for possible insurgent activity during a security patrol in the abandoned village of Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2009. Jettson is a hospital corpsman assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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