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Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeff J. Vandentop performs a sweeping hip throw on Sgt. Sarina A. Young on Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2008. Vandentop is chief instructor of Fallujah's U.S. Marine Corps martial arts instructor course, and Young is a fellow black belt instructor. Vandentop recently trained a class of 95 Marines who volunteered to become Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructors.

SWEEPING THROW

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeff J. Vandentop performs a sweeping hip throw on Sgt. Sarina A. Young on Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2008. Vandentop is chief instructor of Fallujah's U.S. Marine Corps martial arts instructor course, and Young is a fellow black belt instructor. Vandentop recently trained a class of 95 Marines who volunteered to become Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructors.

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