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U.S. Marines carry a comrade wounded in a simulated indirect fire attack as part of their pre-deployment training on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 8, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marines carry a comrade wounded in a simulated indirect fire attack as part of their pre-deployment training on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 8, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marines carry a comrade wounded in a simulated indirect fire attack as part of their pre-deployment training on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 8, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment.

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