A U.S. Marine Corps color guard folds the flag above the casket of Lance Cpl. Shane Martin during his burial services on Monday at Houston National Cemetery in Houston. Martin, 23, died Aug. 5 in Afghanistan. 

A U.S. Marine Corps color guard folds the flag above the casket of Lance Cpl. Shane Martin during his burial services on Monday at Houston National Cemetery in Houston. Martin, 23, died Aug. 5 in Afghanistan. 

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Sgt. Jason Pacheco, 23, scout sniper instructor uses his prosthetic leg as support for an M40 Sniper Rifle on a firing range at Camp Pendleton. Pacheco suffered a severed leg after an improvised explosive device detonated beneath him during a patrol in Afghanistan August 2010. His leg had to be amputated below his knee. Pacheco uses his prosthetic leg to support the weight of his rifle to show an example of how students can use anything to steady a ri

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One, two, three, four, I LOVE MARINE CORPS.