U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Loggins (left), a rifleman
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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Loggins (left), a rifleman with 1st Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 25-year-old native of Clarksville, Ga., climbs a wall separating two fields under the watch of his team leader, Lance Cpl. Michael Straub, a 23-year-old native of Lykens, Pa., during a security patrol here, April 30, 2012. On the final patrol of their seven-month deployment, the Marines toured the Durzay region of Helmand province's Garmsir district to disrupt possible insurgent activity. After arriving in Garmsir in October 2011, the Marines aided Afghan National Security Forces in assuming lead security responsibility of the district, developing and expanding legitimate Afghan governance by defeating insurgent forces and securing the people of Garmsir.
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