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U.S. Marines work with U.S. Navy sailors to stack rockets, mortars, and bags of propellant.
U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, work with U.S. Navy sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 to stack rockets, mortars, and bags of propellant that were found buried in the ground on the outskirts of Barwana, Iraq, on Jan. 15, 2006. The rockets, mortars, and propellant will be destroyed with C-4 plastic explosive to prevent their use in improvised explosive devices.