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Cpl. Brandy Bates stops to talk with Afghan children during a foot patrol.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandy Bates stops to talk with Afghan children during a foot patrol through Tughay village in the Sangin district of Afghanistan's Helmand province on Dec. 6, 2011.