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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Donald F. Marshall struggles to hold two 30-pound ammunition cans on his shoulders as he walks from the obstacle course near Ironworks Gym to the Penny Lake athletic field, which is a distance of nearly a mile, to then complete a combat fitness test on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 17, 2009. Marshall was competing for a chance to ride in the back seat of an F/A-18 fighter jet in an upcoming deployment.

SHOULDER BOULDERS

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Donald F. Marshall struggles to hold two 30-pound ammunition cans on his shoulders as he walks from the obstacle course near Ironworks Gym to the Penny Lake athletic field, which is a distance of nearly a mile, to then complete a combat fitness test on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 17, 2009. Marshall was competing for a chance to ride in the back seat of an F/A-18 fighter jet in an upcoming deployment.

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