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Army Spc. Jeffrey Diemert, left, and Spc. Levi Bischof, center, examine the wounds of a mock casualty at a medical station during the unit's first ever Sapper Stakes competition, while Staff Sgt David Rohrich, right, calls in for support at Pipestem Lake, outside Jamestown, N.D., July 14, 2012. Diemert, Rohrich and Bischof are assigned to the 817th Sapper Company, North Dakota Army National Guard.

Army Spc. Jeffrey Diemert, left, and Spc. Levi Bischof, center, examine the wounds of a mock casualty at a medical station during the unit's first ever Sapper Stakes competition, while Staff Sgt David Rohrich, right, calls in for support at Pipestem Lake, outside Jamestown, N.D., July 14, 2012. Diemert, Rohrich and Bischof are assigned to the 817th Sapper Company, North Dakota Army National Guard.

Army Spc. Jeffrey Diemert, left, and Spc. Levi Bischof, center, examine the wounds of a mock casualty at a medical station during the unit's first ever Sapper Stakes competition, while Staff Sgt David Rohrich, right, calls in for support at Pipestem Lake, outside Jamestown, N.D., July 14, 2012. Diemert, Rohrich and Bischof are assigned to the 817th Sapper Company, North Dakota Army National Guard.

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