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A view from the air of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)



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AP photographer Evan Vucci prepares his equipment before leaving for a military embed in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A U.S. Marine walks through Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A sign outside a media tent inside Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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The boarding pass information is written on the hand of AP Photographer David Guttenfelder before leaving on a helicopter for a staging area near Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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Hailstones fill a U.S. Marine cot after a storm at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A row of toilets are lined up inside a temporary landing strip near Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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U.S. Marines gather together before an operation at a staging area near Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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U.S. Marines lay down to rest after a firefight on the outskirts of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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U.S. Marines sleep in fighting holes near Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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U.S. Marinesstop as they push into Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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U.S. Marines take cover during a fire fight against Taliban fighters in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A U.S. aircraft circles for a gun run on Taliban position during battles in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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Afghan National Army soldiers take a position inside an Afghan compound in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A U.S. Marine searches an Afghan farm compound in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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Bullets are strapped across the back of an Afghan National Army soldier in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A U.S. Marine patrols in the canals of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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Packs of U.S. Marines are staged at a canal crossing in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A book of photos of young men that U.S. Marines suspected of being Taliban members lies on the floor of a compound that the Marines searched in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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Dried poppies lay in a pile in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A U.S. Marine wakes up in the morning after sleeping with his platoon in a mud walled compound in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A tattoo covers the back of a U.S. Marine in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A letter rests in the helmet of a U.S. Marine after he and his platoon members received mail from home while out in the field in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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U.S. Marine snipers take a position in a building in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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A urinal, built by U.S. Marines for them to use while they stay inside an Afghan farm compound, is constructed in the corner of the yard in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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Afghan residents of Marjah gather around U.S. Marines as they patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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AP Photographer David Guttenfelder takes a self portrait in a mirror hanging on a mud walled Afghan farm compound in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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The window of an Afghan home where U.S. Marines stopped for the night in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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U.S. Marines at a forward staging base near Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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U.S. Marines warm themselves around a burning trash pile in the early morning in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S. Marines gather together in the morning before starting an operation in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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Flea bites cover the skin of a fellow journalist in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province.



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The camera equipment of AP photographer David Guttenfelder while in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
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