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Marines plot their next route during a patrol exercise as part of a scout sniper platoon screening exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 23, 2015. The exercise required candidates to move to an extraction point while evading a simulated enemy. The Marines are with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

Scout Sniper Screening

Marines plot their next route during a patrol exercise as part of a scout sniper platoon screening exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 23, 2015. The exercise required candidates to move to an extraction point while evading a simulated enemy. The Marines are with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

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