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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rodriguez and Cpls. Romano and Acuna all with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment wait to load a pallet onto a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., on March 11, 2008. The Marines are participating in Mojave Viper a pre-deployment desert training focused on live-fire combined-arms exercises.

Sgt. Rodriguez and Cpls. Romano and Acuna wait to load a pallet.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rodriguez and Cpls. Romano and Acuna all with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment wait to load a pallet onto a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., on March 11, 2008. The Marines are participating in Mojave Viper a pre-deployment desert training focused on live-fire combined-arms exercises.

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