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Putin's Russia Becomes a Wild Card Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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A headshot of Zeke Upshaw, a player for the Grand Rapids Drive of the NBA G League. Upshaw collapsed on the court near the end of a game on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Grand Rapids Drive)

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Paul McCartney performs on the One on One Tour at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Tinley Park, IL. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)

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Cpl. Wilkins Vidal crosses the monkey crawl obstacle of the endurance course March 21 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves during the Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler corporals course. Throughout the endurance course, Marines were required to cross numerous natural and man-made obstacles. Vidal is the training noncommissioned officer for Company B, H&S Bn., MCB Camp Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps by Lance Cpl. Donald T. Peterson)

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A Marine with 2nd Platoon, Company B., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, crawls through a watery ditch and under concertina wire during the Jungle Endurance Course here, April 20. After completing a two-week training evolution at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, the Marines underwent the four-mile-long course through the Okinawan jungle, utilizing the rappelling, rope-crossing, improvised stretcher carry and other skills they learned. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation‚Äôs force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

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One of the obstacles in the endurance course is climbing over rope netting and then crossing over balance beams. The endurance course is a 3.8 mile obstacle course through the jungle, which the students had to complete in order to pass the Basic Jungle Warfare Skills course. Alpha Company, from the Landing Force participating in the bilateral exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2010, went to the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, March 22 to April 2. They completed the Basic Jungle Warfare Skills course which included basic infantry skills, hasty repel classes, land navigation classes and patrolling in the jungle.

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Marines from 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, combat crawl and monkey crawl on steel cables across a ravine in the jungle as part of the endurance course. The endurance course is a 3.8 mile obstacle course through the jungle, which the students had to complete in order to pass the Basic Jungle Warfare Skills course. Alpha Company, from the Landing Force participating in the bilateral exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2010, went to the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, March 22 to April 2. They completed the Basic Jungle Warfare Skills course which included basic infantry skills, hasty repel classes, land navigation classes and patrolling in the jungle.

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Marines from 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, climb out of a river during the endurance course. The endurance course is a 3.8 mile obstacle course through the jungle, which the students had to complete in order to pass the Basic Jungle Warfare Skills course. Alpha Company, from the Landing Force participating in the bilateral exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2010, went to the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, March 22 to April 2. They completed the Basic Jungle Warfare Skills course which included basic infantry skills, hasty repel classes, land navigation classes and patrolling in the jungle.

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First Squad, 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, lift each other over a 12-foot obstacle during the endurance course. The endurance course is a 3.8 mile obstacle course through the jungle which the students had to complete in order to pass the Basic Jungle Warfare Skills course. Alpha Company, from the Landing Force participating in the bilateral exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2010, went to the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, March 22 to April 2. They completed the Basic Jungle Warfare Skills course which included basic infantry skills, hasty repel classes, land navigation classes and patrolling in the jungle.

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1st Lt. Alexander Richmond, a logistics officer assigned to Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, makes his way through a dense forest during phase two of Mountain Warfare Training Exercise 5-15 aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., Sept. 12, 2015. The training covered maneuvering throughout mountainous terrain features by rope climbing and rappelling as well as surviving in the rugged environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Will Perkins/Released)

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Gov. Phil Bryant, speaks of the guidance of former Gov. William Winter, spearheading the building of the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, during the grand opening ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)