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Maple Resolve

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Maple Resolve is an annual exercise, 3-week multinational simulated war, hosted by the Canadian Army bringing NATO allies together from across the world to share and learn tactics while strengthening foreign military ties.

 

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Cpl. Benjamin Brannon, a combat engineer with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion and a student in the Sapper Leadership Course, connects wires to explosives during rehearsal for a demolition range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 22, 2013. The method of connection, called “Western Union Pigtail Splice,” was one of many ways to prepare a charge the students of the Sapper course learned.