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Marine Corps Cpl. Tahachee Appodaca, left, orders his Marines to push forward during Exercise Iron Fist 2013 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 31, 2013.

PUSHING FORWARD

Marine Corps Cpl. Tahachee Appodaca, left, orders his Marines to push forward during Exercise Iron Fist 2013 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 31, 2013.

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