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Lance Cpl. Joseph T. McCarty, a 20-year-old combat engineer with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion in support of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, aims his field-expedient explosive toward targets at range at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Dec. 17. The demolition range was the first of a number of exercises the combat engineers plan to execute throughout the deployment to keep them proficient at their jobs while Iraqi Security Forces maintain control of Iraq�s security.