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    Make A Wish Foundation and 3d Battalion 11th Marine Regiment help Ryan Forbes become a " Marine for a day" [Image 4 of 30]

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    Military personnel are operating a large artillery piece, likely an M777 howitzer or similar towed howitzer, in a desert training environment. The weapon has just been fired, evidenced by the smoke cloud visible above the breech and the dust disturbance around the gun. Multiple uniformed soldiers in camouflage are actively working around the artillery piece in what appears to be a live-fire training exercise.

    MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    05.13.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Ismael Ortega 

    1st Marine Division

    U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Dean Beutz with Lima Battery, 3d Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, helps Ryan Forbes pull the lanyard on an M-777 Lightweight 155mm howitzer during a Make-A-Wish Foundation event aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 13, 2014. Make-A-Wish Foundation partnered with 11th Marine Regiment to help Forbes, a 13-year-old with Medulloblastoma, a form of brain cancer, fulfill his wish to become a “Marine for a day.” (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ismael Ortega, 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/Released)

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    Date Taken: 05.13.2014
    Date Posted: 05.14.2014 04:40
    Photo ID: 1338010
    VIRIN: 140513-M-RD023-004
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 4.13 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US
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    Military personnel are operating a large artillery piece, likely an M777 howitzer or similar towed howitzer, in a desert training environment. The weapon has just been fired, evidenced by the smoke cloud visible above the breech and the dust disturbance around the gun. Multiple uniformed soldiers in camouflage are actively working around the artillery piece in what appears to be a live-fire training exercise.
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