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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Steven Olson talks on a satellite communications device during a mission in Larr village in Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 25, 2014. Olson, a field radio operator, is assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

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