U.S. Marine LCpl Joseph Merritt, a machine gunner with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires his pistol during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. 3/8 is the ground combat element for the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan deployed in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-International Security Assistance Force mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
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