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These Marines Will Be The First To Get M320 Grenade Launchers

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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Taylor Cooper

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8 Of The Worst Places To Sleep

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Benjamin Franklin nailed it when he said, "Fatigue is the best pillow." True story, Benny. There's nothing like pushing your body so far past exhaustion that you'd willingly, even longingly, take a nap on a concrete slab.

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And no one knows that better than military service members and we have the pictures to prove it.

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UNSUNG HEROES: The Legendary Marine Who Dove Onto A Live Grenade To Save His Men

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Department of Defense photo via Wikimedia Commons/Task & Purpose photo illustration by Matt Battaglia

On April 14, 2004, Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham, a squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, was leading his men on a mission near Karabilah, Iraq. A call came through that the battalion commander’s convoy was under attack by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Hopping into Humvees, the Marines made their way toward Camp Husaybah, two kilometers away.

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The Next Generation Grenade Has Two Deadly Modes

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U.S. Army photo by Calvin Reimold

The Army is designing a new lethal hand grenade that can switched from fragmentation to a concussion grenade. Called the “enhanced tactical multipurpose hand grenade,” it will fill a capability gap from 1975, when the MK3A2 concussion grenade was taken out of service due to an asbestos hazard, according to an Army news release.

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UNSUNG HEROES: The Ranger Who Took A Grenade To The Face And Kept Fighting

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On Jan. 5, 2010, the soldiers with the Army’s  2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment got a call to a compound in eastern Afghanistan.

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MoH Recipient Kyle Carpenter Remembers The Day He Stepped On The Yellow Footprints

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It’s only fitting that aspiring Marines should have a chance to meet the Corps’ most recent legend.

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