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Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening, Cpl. Melissa R. Wade puts her students through a rigorous one-hour session of cardio kickboxing at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq. The Marine base is home to the headquarters for 1st Force Service Support Group and different aviation squadrons from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine units from Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in southern California. Wade, an aviation electronic technician with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, conceived the idea of putting her "TurboKick" instructor certification to good use when she saw some of the other recreational activities offered for the Marines, sailors and soldiers stationed here. Wade is a 20-year-old native of Fayetteville, Ark.