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U.S. Marines prepare improvised Claymore mines during a combat engineer demolition course at a training area near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 27, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is conducting sustainment training in Kuwait while serving as the reserve force for U.S. Central Command.

U.S. Marines prepare improvised Claymore mines during a combat engineer demolition course at a training area near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 27, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is conducting sustainment training in Kuwait while serving as the reserve force for U.S. Central Command.

U.S. Marines prepare improvised Claymore mines during a combat engineer demolition course at a training area near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 27, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is conducting sustainment training in Kuwait while serving as the reserve force for U.S. Central Command.

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