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Pfc. Ryan Combs, a Cincinnati native from 1st Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, writes down words in the Pashto language May 24, 2010 at the 25 Area Combat Town, Camp Pendleton, Ca. The Marines learned Pashto, the language spoken by over 30 percent of the people in Afghanistan, where the Marines will be deploying to later this year.