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Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Luis Garces kneels to the ground while conducting buddy rushes during a leaders' course with about 150 Marines on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 14, 2012. Garces is a rifleman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.

BUDDY RUSHES

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Luis Garces kneels to the ground while conducting buddy rushes during a leaders' course with about 150 Marines on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 14, 2012. Garces is a rifleman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.

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