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U.S. Marine Corps instructors light fires in a compound during training to counter improvised explosive devices on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 3, 2013. The Marine instructors are assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion.

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U.S. Marine Corps instructors light fires in a compound during training to counter improvised explosive devices on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 3, 2013. The Marine instructors are assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion.

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