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RCT-7 battles desert heat in preparation for Afghanistan

Lance Cpl. Justin A. Stein fought the heat. And the heat won.The 21-year-old administrative clerk with Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment, was heading to the unforgiving desert training area here for a two-week exercise in support of an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.Donning the prescribed combat load of a Kevlar helmet, coyote-brown

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