U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co. take cover as a 500 lb bomb explodes on a compound after the Marines took two days of enemy fire from the position in Main Poshteh, Afghanistan, 2009. (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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