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In sparse Marine camps, tiny gyms have appeared: beside a staircase in Diwaniyah; under camouflage netting by the river in Babylon; behind a building at Najaf.
The Marines use leftovers and ingenuity to create exercise equipment. They run with weapons for added weight and flex muscles using barbells fashioned from machine parts...
WARRIORS' WELCOME
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 13,2003
By Michael Burge and David Hasemyer
Marine Capt. Jay Whalen stepped out of a CH-46 helicopter yesterday onto the familiar turf of Camp Pendleton for the first time in six months, hugged his wife and two sons, reached into his uniform pocket and pulled out a green ball.
He held it up to show his 5-year-old son, Noah, who had given it to his dad before he left for Iraq and war. Noah had named it the "green goblin ball."
"He said: 'It will help get rid of the bad guys. You got to take it, Daddy,' "...
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Yes, we have "The Dog" that keeps our soldier safe, it's a small stuffed dog with a necklaces that has our names written on a grain of rice (for luck) attached to "The dogs" neck for every one of us. This "dog" has seen more foreign countries than most people will see in their lives, lol. His designated home is my husbands TA-50.