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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Wendall Claxton, assigned to Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Company Pacific, 2nd Platoon, prepares M240 machine gun ammunition before conducting a live-fire exercise at Camp Rodriguez, South Korea, on March 8, 2012.

Sgt. Wendall Claxton prepares M240 machine gun ammunition before conducting a live-fire exercise.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Wendall Claxton, assigned to Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Company Pacific, 2nd Platoon, prepares M240 machine gun ammunition before conducting a live-fire exercise at Camp Rodriguez, South Korea, on March 8, 2012.

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