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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Elizabeth Annand, left, checks the depth of a trench during construction of a multipurpose building at the Ban Khunsong School as part of Cobra Gold 2012 in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Jan. 31, 2012. Annand is assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Elizabeth Annand, left, checks the depth of a trench during construction of a multipurpose building at the Ban Khunsong School as part of Cobra Gold 2012 in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Jan. 31, 2012. Annand is assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Elizabeth Annand, left, checks the depth of a trench during construction of a multipurpose building at the Ban Khunsong School as part of Cobra Gold 2012 in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Jan. 31, 2012. Annand is assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172.

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