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    Weapons Company, BLT 3/5 Marines refine heavy weapons proficiency

    CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    06.01.2017

    Photo by Staff Sgt. T. T. Parish 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    Fifty caliber machine gun rounds feed into an M2 .50-caliber Browning machine gun during training at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, June 1, 2017. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, test fired and calibrated a variety of heavy weapons during the training. The M2, sometimes called the "Ma Deuce," is the oldest machine gun currently in the Marine Corps' arsenal. BLT 3/5 is currently deployed as the Ground Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Weapons Company is the heavy-weapons element of BLT 3/5. Their arsenal includes heavy machine guns, mortars, and anti-tank weapons. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)

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    Date Taken: 06.01.2017
    Date Posted: 06.02.2017 04:28
    Photo ID: 3444123
    VIRIN: 170601-M-PJ332-448
    Resolution: 1200x800
    Size: 710 KB
    Location: CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, JP

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