US Marines prepare to depart upon the end of operations for Marines and British combat troops in Helmand, southern Afghanistan, yesterday. A fleet of planes and helicopters airlifted the last US and British forces from a key base a day after the international coalition closed the massive facility and handed it over to the Afghan military.

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