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U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Justin Jones and Lance Cpl. Martin Carranza lead their humvee on an alternate route to bypass a possible simulated improvised explosive device as part of their pre-deployment training on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 9, 2009. Jones and Carranza are assigned to Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Justin Jones and Lance Cpl. Martin Carranza lead their humvee on an alternate route to bypass a possible simulated improvised explosive device as part of their pre-deployment training on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 9, 2009. Jones and Carranza are assigned to Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Justin Jones and Lance Cpl. Martin Carranza lead their humvee on an alternate route to bypass a possible simulated improvised explosive device as part of their pre-deployment training on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 9, 2009. Jones and Carranza are assigned to Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment.

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