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Army Pfc. Steven Williams throws a grappling hook to check for booby-traps before crossing a barbed-wire obstacle during testing to earn the Expert Field Medic Badge on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., April 10, 2013. Williams is assigned to the 520th Area Support Medical Company, 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade.

Army Pfc. Steven Williams throws a grappling hook to check for booby-traps before crossing a barbed-wire obstacle during testing to earn the Expert Field Medic Badge on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., April 10, 2013. Williams is assigned to the 520th Area Support Medical Company, 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade.

Army Pfc. Steven Williams throws a grappling hook to check for booby-traps before crossing a barbed-wire obstacle during testing to earn the Expert Field Medic Badge on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., April 10, 2013. Williams is assigned to the 520th Area Support Medical Company, 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade.

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