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Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25)s from, Charlie Company 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) "War Pigs" from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) work together to pull out one of their fellow "War Pigs" after getting stuck during training at EDGED MALLET '02 in Kenya, Africa. (Substandard image)

Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25)s from, Charlie Company 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) "War Pigs" from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) work together to pull out one of their fellow "War Pigs" after getting stuck during training at EDGED MALLET '02 in Kenya, Africa. (Substandard image)

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Subject Operation/Series: EDGED MALLET '02

Base: Manda Bay Naval Base

State: Coast

Country: Kenya (KEN)

Scene Camera Operator: CPL Bryant V. Cox

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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14/02/2002

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The U.S. National Archives

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