A local boy holds up a peace sign to Navy Seaman Matthew Charles Dykes, a corpsman with Blue Platoon, Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 23-year-old native of Paramus, , during a dismounted patrol here, April 26, 2012. Since arriving in southern Helmand province in October 2011, Echo Co. has been charged with conducting counterinsurgency operations throughout Khan Neshin district, to include vehicle checkpoints, dismounted patrols and targeted interdiction operations. Marines in Khan Neshin near end of successful deployment 120426-M-PH863-019

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