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all marines are trained to fight day

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and night . But more german are the

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only group of marines responsible for

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turning night into day

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They can fire several types of rounds

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high explosive and illumination are two

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main ones 80 missions cause destruction .

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Fire lou missions like this one bring

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light to the battlefield so bright it's

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equal to lighting a million candles .

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If a line company goes out on patrol

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and uh they think they see taliban and

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placing an I . D . Along 5 15 , they

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can call us and we can shoot alu

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mission and uh light up the sky and

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they can get eyes on and get positive

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identification on a taliban corporal

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Michael Taylor is a squad leader for

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third Battalion , eighth marines mortar

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team at combat outpost polar in Farah

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Province . He and his team fire a 120

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millimeter mortar system common in the

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army , but a first for him and for the

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Marine corps , he's used to shooting 81

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millimeter mortars . However , he needs

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to cover more space for their mission

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in Afghanistan . The father's soul far

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apart and the uh if we had 80 ones

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there would be , there would be gaps in

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between the fobs and with the one

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twenty's we can have overlapping

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coverage . Lance corporal kean sewer .

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An assistant gunner says he is proud of

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how his job helps fellow marines . Even

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with the loom , it's nice because we

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have guys out there that are friends

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and they always call back to us and say ,

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you know , they saw guys moving , they

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saw guys do this and you know , these

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guys don't know if it's a loom , if

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what it is , they just hear a big boom

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and they scatter . So if we're stopping

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and helping people out , that's good

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for these marines , the 1 20 maybe a

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new system . But whether it's with

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firepower or providing a little light ,

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their job is the same supporting

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marines on the ground from above .

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Marine Staff Sergeant BRian Buchwald ,

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er , for our province Afghanistan .