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Jul 29, 2025

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Apprentice Kamila Benitez, left, a native of Stafford, Virginia and corpsman with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, greets her husband, Hospitalman Apprentice Erick Benitez-Castelan, a native of Bastrop, Texas and a corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d MARDIV, as Marines and Sailors return from Operation Southern Guard on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 24, 2025. Joint Task Force Southern Guard supported illegal alien holding operations aboard Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba led by the Department of Homeland Security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.)

CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

22/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/200

ISO

100

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

22/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/200

ISO

100

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