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U.S. servicemembers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Oct. 14, 2008, to depart on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Middle East.

BOUND FOR THE MIDDLE EAST

U.S. servicemembers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Oct. 14, 2008, to depart on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Middle East.

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