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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporals Zachary H. Lama, right, and Shawn R. Litchfield, both competitors in a super physical fitness test, are neck and neck at a double-bar obstacle on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 17, 2009. The course was designed with no rest in between events, challenging the Marines physical and mental stamina for a chance to ride in the back seat of an F/A-18 fighter jet.

NECK AND NECK

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporals Zachary H. Lama, right, and Shawn R. Litchfield, both competitors in a super physical fitness test, are neck and neck at a double-bar obstacle on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 17, 2009. The course was designed with no rest in between events, challenging the Marines physical and mental stamina for a chance to ride in the back seat of an F/A-18 fighter jet.

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