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Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Martin Flores Blanks and Preston Haigh provide security from a defensive fighting position during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 8, 2017. Blanks and Haigh are riflemen assigned to 1st Marine Division’s 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin Huffty

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Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Martin Flores Blanks and Preston Haigh provide security from a defensive fighting position during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 8, 2017. Blanks and Haigh are riflemen assigned to 1st Marine Division’s 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin Huffty

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