Lance Cpl. Jean Vil, a native of Brooklyn, New York, posts security during a reconnaissance patrol near Patrol Base Boldak in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 15, 2014. Vil is a mortarman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. (Michael Dye/U.S. Marine Corps)

Our staff-selected photos of the week of the Marine Corps in action.

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