Marine Lance Cpl. Sean Higgins, a Plainville, Mass., native serving with 2nd Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, stands watch at a guard post here, April 7, 2012. He said for the most part the area is quiet, except for the children who come up to the post to talk to the Marines. Colonel Roger Turner and Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer and sergeant major, recently stopped at Combat Outpost Spin Ghar to visit Marines and Afghan National Security Forces during a trip to several combat outposts across Nawa.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Sean Higgins, a Plainville, Mass., native serving with 2nd Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, stands watch at a guard post here, April 7, 2012. He said for the most part the area is quiet, except for the children who come up to the post to talk to the Marines. Colonel Roger Turner and Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer and sergeant major, recently stopped at Combat Outpost Spin Ghar to visit Marines and Afghan National Security Forces during a trip to several combat outposts across Nawa.

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