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Petty Officer 2nd Class Barbera Silkwood, a Navy journalist assigned to a battalion of Seabees.


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Caption: Petty Officer 2nd Class
This article is about the Canadian Forces rank. For the United States Navy rate, see Petty Officer Second Class.


Petty Officer 2nd Class or PO2 is a Naval non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Forces.
 Barbera Silkwood, a Navy journalist assigned to a battalion of Seabees (who handle construction for the Navy), slithered through muddy water and under barbed wire barbed wire, wire composed of two zinc-coated steel strands twisted together and having barbs spaced regularly along them. The need for barbed wire arose in the 19th cent.  in March as she negotiated the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Some of the information in this article may not be verified by . It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified to cite reliable sources.

Jungle warfare
 Training Center at Camp Gonslaves in Okinawa, Japan. The 3.4-mile obstacle course is part of a weeklong training class in jungle skills.
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Title Annotation:news & TRENDS
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 18, 2005
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