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Aug 4, 2025

U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division detonate a linear detonation cord breaching charge during an urban breaching range for U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 31, 2025. While training with 2d CEB, the midshipmen observed how combat engineers build and employ explosive breaching charges in urban environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.)

CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/800

ISO

200

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM

APERTURE

28/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/800

ISO

200

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