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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nolan Floyd, left, instructs Pfc. Nathan Shattuck during a training assault as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 2, 2013.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nolan Floyd, left, instructs Pfc. Nathan Shattuck during a training assault as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 2, 2013.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nolan Floyd, left, instructs Pfc. Nathan Shattuck during a training assault as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 2, 2013.

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