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COMBAT OUTPOST CASTLE, Afghanistan – Sergeant Eriek Gutierrez, a squad leader, Lance Cpl. Benjamin Nalls, a light armored vehicle crewman, and Lance Cpl. Christopher D. Bast, a fire team leader, all serving with 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, pose for a photo here, March 21, 2012. The three Marines were on an evening resupply patrol to another squad of Marines near a small village in Helmand province’s Khan Neshin district, Feb. 23, when they fell in a 15-foot-wide canal at separate times. Each participated in the successful rescue of his fellow Marines, with Nalls jumping back in the near-freezing water when Gutierrez fell in the canal.
120321-M-0000S-000.jpg Photo By: Sgt. Michael Cifuentes

Mar 21, 2012
COMBAT OUTPOST CASTLE, Afghanistan – Sergeant Eriek Gutierrez, a squad leader, Lance Cpl. Benjamin Nalls, a light armored vehicle crewman, and Lance Cpl. Christopher D. Bast, a fire team leader, all serving with 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, pose for a photo here, March 21, 2012. The three Marines were on an evening resupply patrol to another squad of Marines near a small village in Helmand province’s Khan Neshin district, Feb. 23, when they fell in a 15-foot-wide canal at separate times. Each participated in the successful rescue of his fellow Marines, with Nalls jumping back in the near-freezing water when Gutierrez fell in the canal.


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