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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John A. Freeshea leads the way on his horse Doc while animal packer course students follow with their mules during an exercise at the Hathorne Army Amunition Depot training grounds in Hawthorne, Calif., Feb 25, 2009. Freeshea is an animal packers course instructor at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John A. Freeshea leads the way on his horse Doc while animal packer course students follow with their mules during an exercise at the Hathorne Army Amunition Depot training grounds in Hawthorne, Calif., Feb 25, 2009. Freeshea is an animal packers course instructor at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif.

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