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Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raphael Palisoc, rear, secures Sgt. Rebecca Rutherford onto a rope bridge during her final Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity assessment at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., May 18, 2015. Palisoc is a mountain leader at the training center and Rutherford is a mortarman assigned to Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force.

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raphael Palisoc, rear, secures Sgt. Rebecca Rutherford onto a rope bridge during her final Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity assessment at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., May 18, 2015. Palisoc is a mountain leader at the training center and Rutherford is a mortarman assigned to Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force.

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Raphael Palisoc, rear, secures Sgt. Rebecca Rutherford onto a rope bridge during her final Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity assessment at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., May 18, 2015. Palisoc is a mountain leader at the training center and Rutherford is a mortarman assigned to Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force.

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