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U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrol near Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 17, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)

Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company lift weights made from barbed wire at a makeshift gym at an outpost in Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 17, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)

Equipment belonging to U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines, Alpha Company, hang by a U.S. flag at their outpost at Kunjak, southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 16, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)

SSgt. Scott Wilkie from the First Batallion Eigth Marines Alpha Company gives a pep talk to his Marines before a patrol from Deh Karez in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 17, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)

Afghan boys attend an outdoor class to learn the Koran at a makeshift school established and guarded by U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eigth Marines Alpha Company near their outpost in Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 16, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)

U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrol near Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 17, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)