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Sgts. Bill Lightner, Brandon Moore and Curtis Long (from left) place C4 on a pile of unexploded ordnance in a training site in the Middle East, Nov. 18, 2008. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's explosive ordnance disposal Marines safely cleared hundreds of pounds of unexploded ordnance found on a firing range, which was later to be used by the Marine Expeditionary Unit's Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, for training.

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Sgts. Bill Lightner, Brandon Moore and Curtis Long (from left) place C4 on a pile of unexploded ordnance in a training site in the Middle East, Nov. 18, 2008. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's explosive ordnance disposal Marines safely cleared hundreds of pounds of unexploded ordnance found on a firing range, which was later to be used by the Marine Expeditionary Unit's Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, for training.

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