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U.S. Navy Lt. Sarita Ojha performs a root canal on Taker, a black lab, on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Nov. 1, 2010. Taker is a bomb-sniffing dog assigned to the 1st Marine Division's 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion. Ojha is a dentist assigned to the Dental Detachment, Charlie Surgical Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group.

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U.S. Navy Lt. Sarita Ojha performs a root canal on Taker, a black lab, on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Nov. 1, 2010. Taker is a bomb-sniffing dog assigned to the 1st Marine Division's 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion. Ojha is a dentist assigned to the Dental Detachment, Charlie Surgical Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group.

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