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Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos M. Hernandez, center, readies an expedient field claymore at a live-fire training range during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2014 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 13, 2014. Hernandez, a combat engineer, is assigned to 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos M. Hernandez, center, readies an expedient field claymore at a live-fire training range during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2014 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 13, 2014. Hernandez, a combat engineer, is assigned to 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Carlos M. Hernandez, center, readies an expedient field claymore at a live-fire training range during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2014 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 13, 2014. Hernandez, a combat engineer, is assigned to 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion.

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