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Marines

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Archive: 2017

From bolts to bombs

The EOD-9 suit smelled as if a thousand people had worn it before. Sgt. Phuc Tran, a helicopter mechanic, grunts as the sweat runs into his eyes. Struggling to complete his last push up Tran thinks to himself, “What have I got myself into?” Moving to America at the age of 6, Tran never thought he’d be getting a taste of what it’s like to be in such