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Soldiers use metal detectors while searching for possible explosives.

Metal Detectors

Soldiers use metal detectors while searching for possible explosives during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive scenario part of a Patriot missile system certification training exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan, Oct. 17, 2017. Army photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez

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