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Army Staff Sgt. Gary Johnson, foreground, and Jim Payne, rescue chief with a tactical rescue team evaluate a simulated collapsed building site during Vigilant Guard South Carolina in Georgetown, S.C., March 8, 2015.

Army Staff Sgt. Gary Johnson, foreground, and Jim Payne, rescue chief with a tactical rescue team evaluate a simulated collapsed building site during Vigilant Guard South Carolina in Georgetown, S.C., March 8, 2015.

Army Staff Sgt. Gary Johnson, foreground, and Jim Payne, rescue chief with a tactical rescue team evaluate a simulated collapsed building site during Vigilant Guard South Carolina in Georgetown, S.C., March 8, 2015.

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