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Petty Officer 3rd Class Joel M. Grey, a 21-year-old native of Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada, eats a pre-packaged meal July 29, 2006, at Camp Habbaniyah while waiting for his explosive ordnance disposal team to be called out to handle improvised explosive devices. Grey serves as a Navy corpsman for the explosive ordnance disposal team in support of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The four men, three Marines and Grey, have had their hands full since arriving in April having responded to more than 250 possible IEDs in less than four months.