Corporal Taylor Cross, center, a native of Cedar Falls, Iowa, shakes hands with Capt. Scott Stewart, commanding officer, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, after being promoted to corporal aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, June 1, 2014. Cross, an anti-tank missileman with Weapons Co., and 20 other lance corporals with the battalion were promoted, June 1 and 2. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan / released) Marines promoted in Helmand province, Afghanistan 140605-M-OM885-447

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