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Defensive fighting position

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U.S. Marine in a fighting hole outside Beirut during the 1958 Lebanon crisis

A defensive fighting position is a type of earthwork constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit).

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