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Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta
Brigadier General Lewis A. Craparotta is the Commanding General of Task Force Leatherneck, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), currently deployed to Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
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