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U.S. airmen check for threats during a tactical reload drill on Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 8, 2010. The drill was part of a four-mile ruck march, an event in which troops maintain a fast pace carrying at least 45 pounds over rough terrain. The airmen are assigned to the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight.

RUCK MARCH

U.S. airmen check for threats during a tactical reload drill on Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 8, 2010. The drill was part of a four-mile ruck march, an event in which troops maintain a fast pace carrying at least 45 pounds over rough terrain. The airmen are assigned to the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight.

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