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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos Vassallo conducts radio checks with Japanese soldiers during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 3, 2014. Vassallo, a field radio operator, is assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos Vassallo conducts radio checks with Japanese soldiers during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 3, 2014. Vassallo, a field radio operator, is assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos Vassallo conducts radio checks with Japanese soldiers during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 3, 2014. Vassallo, a field radio operator, is assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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