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

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

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