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Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

Photo by Courtesy of Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire

Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

Photo by Courtesy of Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire

With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

Photo by Sgt. Steven Vallette

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Corporal Phillip Hammond, an assistant armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, explains how to properly apply camouflage paint to a group of poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Corporal Phillip Hammond, an assistant armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, explains how to properly apply camouflage paint to a group of poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, apply camouflage paint to their faces after receiving a "Cover and Concealment" class from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, apply camouflage paint to their faces after receiving a "Cover and Concealment" class from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Private Cory Spires, a Marine on recruiter assistance with Recruiting Substation Janesville, explains sight alignment and sight picture to poolee William Olson, a poolee out of Milton, Wis., Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Private Cory Spires, a Marine on recruiter assistance with Recruiting Substation Janesville, explains sight alignment and sight picture to poolee William Olson, a poolee out of Milton, Wis., Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

Poolee Ross Kross, a poolee from Recruting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, fires the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Poolee Ross Kross, a poolee from Recruting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, fires the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, explains grouping to Ross Kramer, a poolee from the RSS, and how to improve his shooting. Poolees from nine of the 13 recruiting substations under RS Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, explains grouping to Ross Kramer, a poolee from the RSS, and how to improve his shooting. Poolees from nine of the 13 recruiting substations under RS Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, observes the firing techniques of Ross Kramer, a poolee from Janesville, Wis., during a live fire range with the AR-15 rifle August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, observes the firing techniques of Ross Kramer, a poolee from Janesville, Wis., during a live fire range with the AR-15 rifle August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

A participant of the Marine pull-up challenge July 6 at Summerfest fills out an event card to receive further information about the Marine Corps. 1,971 event cards were completed, which resulted in one contract and 380 age/education qualified leads. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

A participant of the Marine pull-up challenge July 6 at Summerfest fills out an event card to receive further information about the Marine Corps. 1,971 event cards were completed, which resulted in one contract and 380 age/education qualified leads. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers

Cleveland Jones attempts to motivate a fellow participant of the Marines’ pull-up challenge July 6 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps. Jones, 47, later performed 29 pull-ups.

Cleveland Jones attempts to motivate a fellow participant of the Marines’ pull-up challenge July 6 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps. Jones, 47, later performed 29 pull-ups.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers

Mike Dickinson (left) and Mike Marx compete against each other to see who can do the most pull-ups July 5 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

Mike Dickinson (left) and Mike Marx compete against each other to see who can do the most pull-ups July 5 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers

A 12-year-old boy attempts to pump out another pull-up in front of an impressed crowd July 1 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

A 12-year-old boy attempts to pump out another pull-up in front of an impressed crowd July 1 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers

WTMJ-4 Milwaukee chief meteorologist, John Malan, uses the Marines’ pull-up challenge at Summerfest as a backdrop for his afternoon forecast July 1. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps. WTMJ 4 is the local affiliate for the National Broadcasting Company’s Milwaukee .

WTMJ-4 Milwaukee chief meteorologist, John Malan, uses the Marines’ pull-up challenge at Summerfest as a backdrop for his afternoon forecast July 1. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps. WTMJ 4 is the local affiliate for the National Broadcasting Company’s Milwaukee .

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers

Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

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Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

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With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

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Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

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Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

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Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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Corporal Phillip Hammond, an assistant armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, explains how to properly apply camouflage paint to a group of poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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Poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, apply camouflage paint to their faces after receiving a "Cover and Concealment" class from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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Private Cory Spires, a Marine on recruiter assistance with Recruiting Substation Janesville, explains sight alignment and sight picture to poolee William Olson, a poolee out of Milton, Wis., Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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Poolee Ross Kross, a poolee from Recruting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, fires the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, explains grouping to Ross Kramer, a poolee from the RSS, and how to improve his shooting. Poolees from nine of the 13 recruiting substations under RS Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, observes the firing techniques of Ross Kramer, a poolee from Janesville, Wis., during a live fire range with the AR-15 rifle August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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A participant of the Marine pull-up challenge July 6 at Summerfest fills out an event card to receive further information about the Marine Corps. 1,971 event cards were completed, which resulted in one contract and 380 age/education qualified leads. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

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Cleveland Jones attempts to motivate a fellow participant of the Marines’ pull-up challenge July 6 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps. Jones, 47, later performed 29 pull-ups.

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Mike Dickinson (left) and Mike Marx compete against each other to see who can do the most pull-ups July 5 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

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A 12-year-old boy attempts to pump out another pull-up in front of an impressed crowd July 1 at Summerfest. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps.

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WTMJ-4 Milwaukee chief meteorologist, John Malan, uses the Marines’ pull-up challenge at Summerfest as a backdrop for his afternoon forecast July 1. Marines challenged the music festival attendees to either perform a max set of pull-ups or a flexed-arm hang as long as possible to raise awareness of the Marine Corps. WTMJ 4 is the local affiliate for the National Broadcasting Company’s Milwaukee .

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