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Military training exercise

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos

First photo: Spc. Mario Cortez is carried by fellow soldiers, Pvt. Ilonemica Dacanay (left) and Spc. Jayson Dela Cruz during Thursday’s Hawaii Army National Guard 230th Engineering Company training exercise outside the Anthony Kahoohanohano Hawaii Army National Guard Armory. The exercise simulating a suicide bomb attack at a forward outpost’s entry checkpoint was part of an annual two-week training that also included constructing Jersey barriers that weigh about a ton apiece. With many of the 230th’s soldiers deployed to the Task Force Maui coronavirus response, this year’s training included a smaller contingent.

Second photo: Hawaii Army National Guard 230th Engineering Company soldiers tend to a comrade playing the role of a sentry wounded by a bomb attack Thursday.

Third photo: A van carrying a would-be suicide bomber is briefly stopped before being directed to a staging area for inspection.

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