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    Shipboard reload drills keep Marine rifle skills sharp [Image 4 of 5]

    Shipboard reload drills keep Marine rifle skills sharp

    USNS SACAGAWEA, AT SEA

    09.11.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Lance Cpl. Taylor C. Branyan executes a speed reload Sept. 11 on the well deck of the USNS Sacagawea. The Marines were completing the drills to improve their speed in reload techniques vital to close-quarters combat. The training is part of exercise T-AKE 14-2, a maritime pre-positioned force, multi-country theater security cooperation event that deploys from Okinawa aboard the USNS Sacagawea to conduct training exercises throughout the Asia-Pacific area of operations. Branyan is from Kokomo, Indiana, and is a tactical switching operator assigned to the Provisional Rifle Platoon with Combat Logistics Detachment 379, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 09.11.2014
    Date Posted: 10.07.2014 21:09
    Photo ID: 1604357
    VIRIN: 140911-M-GX711-093
    Resolution: 3072x2048
    Size: 664.79 KB
    Location: USNS SACAGAWEA, AT SEA
    Hometown: KOKOMO, IN, US

    Web Views: 53
    Downloads: 6

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