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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joe Everetts marks a piece of wood before cutting it to size at the Santa Marta engineering site during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, July 2, 2011. Everetts is assigned to the 8th Engineer Battalion.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joe Everetts marks a piece of wood before cutting it to size at the Santa Marta engineering site during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, July 2, 2011. Everetts is assigned to the 8th Engineer Battalion.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joe Everetts marks a piece of wood before cutting it to size at the Santa Marta engineering site during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service event in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, July 2, 2011. Everetts is assigned to the 8th Engineer Battalion.

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