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U.S. Navy Ensign Dennis Lang, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, writes out instructions for a patrol during a training exercise at Camp Shelby, Miss., on Dec. 17, 2008. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 chiefs and officers are conducting a weeklong field exercise to train for contingency operations in a field environment.

Ensign Dennis Lang writes out instructions.

U.S. Navy Ensign Dennis Lang, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, writes out instructions for a patrol during a training exercise at Camp Shelby, Miss., on Dec. 17, 2008. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 chiefs and officers are conducting a weeklong field exercise to train for contingency operations in a field environment.

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