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Texas Marines a ‘jack-of-all-trades’

Despite it being the hottest day in months, the Marine patrols with a constant smile, making jokes with his friends and smiling with the locals, Feb. 27. Marines with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, called Lance Cpl. Nicholas Wurst a jack-of-all-trades. “I move around a lot between positions in the patrol,” said Wurst, currently deployed

Texas Marine prepares younger Marines to fill his shoes

The Marine double checks his men’s gear and begins to debrief, Feb. 26. The squad leader asked the Marines about the different Afghan locals they talked to and assessed what the squad did well and what they could improve on. For Cpl. Ian Ward, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, the job isn’t done simply because the patrol

San Diego native uses humor to connect with people of Afghanistan

First one Afghan appears, then another and another. Within minutes, Afghan children surround the patrolling Marine, Feb. 22. The sight is familiar to Lance Cpl. Edgar Lima, an assaultman, for 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, Lima Company. “Today a bunch of children gathered around me,” said Lima, currently deployed with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine

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