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INDIAN HEAD, Md-Cpl. Tashna Hicks-Wert, a Marine who serves with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) delivers a knee strike to the kidneys of a would-be attacker during the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)course at the unit Nov. 16. The three-week course builds upon the instinct of self-preservation and incorporates basic martial arts principles that uphold its key theme of breaking contact with the aggressor and escaping to safety.

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INDIAN HEAD, Md-Cpl. Tashna Hicks-Wert, a Marine who serves with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) delivers a knee strike to the kidneys of a would-be attacker during the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)course at the unit Nov. 16. The three-week course builds upon the instinct of self-preservation and incorporates basic martial arts principles that uphold its key theme of breaking contact with the aggressor and escaping to safety.

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