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Marine Staff Sgt. Thomas R. Johnson, a platoon commander with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, walks away from a truck the company found in Rawah, Iraq, which was rigged with a detonation trigger and believed to be intended as a vehicle bomb. The company used fuel and an incendiary grenade to safely destroy the vehicle and deny its use against coalition forces. Photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser, USMC

Marine Staff Sgt. Thomas R. Johnson, a platoon commander with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, walks away from a truck the company found in Rawah, Iraq, which was rigged with a detonation trigger and believed to be intended as a vehicle bomb. The company used fuel and an incendiary grenade to safely destroy the vehicle and deny its use against coalition forces. Photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser, USMC

Marine Staff Sgt. Thomas R. Johnson, a platoon commander with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, walks away from a truck the company found in Rawah, Iraq, which was rigged with a detonation trigger and believed to be intended as a vehicle bomb. The company used fuel and an incendiary grenade to safely destroy the vehicle and deny its use against coalition forces. Photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser, USMC

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