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U.S. Navy Petty Officers 2nd Class Jared Quinn and Justin Rummel, both assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, construct a timber tower during a training exercise on Camp Shelby, Miss., March 22, 2009. The construction battalion is conducting Operation Winter Talon, an exercise designed to test the battalions combat and contingency construction capabilities.

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U.S. Navy Petty Officers 2nd Class Jared Quinn and Justin Rummel, both assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, construct a timber tower during a training exercise on Camp Shelby, Miss., March 22, 2009. The construction battalion is conducting Operation Winter Talon, an exercise designed to test the battalions combat and contingency construction capabilities.

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