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Lt. Col. Charles Long, executive officer, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, works to move a piece of concrete using cribbing and shoring techniques at the final practical application for students, during the CBIRF Basic Operations Course, at Navy Annex Stump Neck, Md., July 30, 2009. Marines and sailors who attended the CBOC learned various techniques for search and extraction during potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive incidents. - Lt. Col. Charles Long, executive officer, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, works to move a piece of concrete using cribbing and shoring techniques at the final practical application for students, during the CBIRF Basic Operations Course, at Navy Annex Stump Neck, Md., July 30, 2009. Marines and sailors who attended the CBOC learned various techniques for search and extraction during potential chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive incidents.

Maj. Stan Bacon (back right), operations officer, Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, looks at his son, Lance Cpl. Bradley Cox (forefront), an F/A-18 Super Hornet power line mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All-Weather) 224, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., as he participates in his father’s retirement ceremony aboard Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Md., July 9, 2009. - Maj. Stan Bacon (back right), operations officer, Headquarters and Service Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, II Marine Expeditionary Force, looks at his son, Lance Cpl. Bradley Cox (forefront), an F/A-18 Super Hornet power line mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All-Weather) 224, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., as he participates in his father’s retirement ceremony aboard Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Md., July 9, 2009.