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Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Benjamin V. Stout assists Lance Cpl. Josh M. Tasior as they hold security on the outer cordon of a target site during a Maritime Raid Force training course on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jun. 15, 2011. Stout and Tasior are machine gunners assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force.

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Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Benjamin V. Stout assists Lance Cpl. Josh M. Tasior as they hold security on the outer cordon of a target site during a Maritime Raid Force training course on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jun. 15, 2011. Stout and Tasior are machine gunners assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force.

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