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U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Hooker from Crestview, Fla., center, carries his M-203 rifle (an M-16 fitted with a grenade launcher) as he and other Marines of Charlie Co 1/1 of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) make their way to board a helicopter, on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu somewhere in the northern Arabian Sea, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2001. These Marines are part of the 500-strong force ferried in overnight by helicopter to set up a bridgehead at an airbase in southern Afghanistan, within striking distance of Kandahar, the Taliban militia's spiritual home and final redoubt. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)