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Award-Winning Documentary Features Camp Pendleton Marines

Patrol Base Jaker will screen at the Oceanside International Film Festival.

Camp Pendleton Marines are being featured in a new military documentary.

 Patrol Base Jaker follows Marines and the counter-insurgency efforts in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The documentary goes behind the scenes, documenting the daily activities of combat and civilian affairs teams as they fight the Taliban and help secure the local population. Some of the Marines featured are based in Camp Pendleton.

The film recently won first a first place documentary prize at the GI Film Festival, and will screen at this year’s Oceanside International Film Festival during the military screening block.

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 Dmitriy Demidov, president of the festival, said in a statement that the film answers the question of why the troops are still overseas, and will serve as “positive encouragement” and “inspiration” for those associated with armed forces.

 The festival runs August 22-25, and includes special military rates. For more information, visit www.ocaf.info.

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