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LI Marines talk about deployment in Afghanistan
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Marine Sgt. Michael Salemi, 24, and a resident of Setauket, asks villagers questions during a census operation in Shaibat, southern Afghanistan. (Sept. 25, 2009)
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Long Island troops in Afghanistan
Sgt. Michael Salemi, 24, of Setauket, and Lance Cpl. Joseph Warren, 21, of East Meadow, are among about 400 Marines participating in Operation Khanjar to seize control of Rig District, in southwest Helmand province, from the Taliban.
Along with hunting the Taliban, the Marines, serving with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., secured polling locations...
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