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Pete Ward, MRAP project engineer for SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston, briefs Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about mine resistant ambush protected vehicles by in the MRAP facility in Charleston, S.C., Jan. 23, 2008.

VICE CHAIRMAN TOURS MRAP FACILITY

Pete Ward, MRAP project engineer for SPAWAR Systems Center Charleston, briefs Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about mine resistant ambush protected vehicles by in the MRAP facility in Charleston, S.C., Jan. 23, 2008.

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