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    Marines complete live fire during Khaan Quest 2011 [Image 8 of 8]

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    The image shows a group of military personnel from what appear to be different armed forces engaged in a friendly conversation outdoors. A U.S. Marine in desert MARPAT camouflage with a name tape reading 'MERRILL' stands centrally, alongside U.S. Army soldiers and a foreign military officer in green woodland camouflage. The atmosphere is relaxed and cordial, suggesting a multinational military exercise or liaison meeting.

    ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA

    08.01.2011

    Photo by Cpl. Tyler Main 

    U.S. Pacific Command         

    Marine Col. Steven Merrill, U.S. exercise director for Khaan Quest 2011, speaks with Capt. Nguyen Hoang Linh, an international relations officer for Vietnam’s Institute for Defense, during the field training exercise portion of Exercise Khaan Quest 2011 at Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 1. Khaan Quest is a training exercise designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other participating nations’ forces in international peace support operations worldwide.

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    Date Taken: 08.01.2011
    Date Posted: 08.03.2011 04:20
    Photo ID: 438173
    VIRIN: 110801-M-IX060-237
    Resolution: 5556x3564
    Size: 926.61 KB
    Location: ULAANBAATAR, MN
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    A large group of military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are navigating an outdoor obstacle course, crossing a log bridge over a trench while holding guide ropes. The image is taken from a low angle, creating a dramatic perspective with a bright blue sky and rolling hills in the background. This appears to be a military training exercise conducted in an open, arid terrain environment.
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    The image shows a military training exercise involving soldiers from at least two different nations. A soldier wearing a uniform marked '특전사' (Korean Special Forces) is demonstrating a hand-to-hand combat or self-defense technique to a soldier in US Marine Corps-style desert camouflage pants and olive drab t-shirt. The setting appears to be an open field with mountains in the background, consistent with a joint multinational military exercise.
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    Military personnel are engaged in a live-fire weapons training exercise on an open range with mountainous terrain in the background. A soldier in MARPAT desert camouflage and helmet is in the prone position firing an RPK or similar Soviet-pattern light machine gun, while a soldier in woodland camouflage with a blue-banded boonie hat observes and coaches. A third soldier in the background holds a red signal flag, indicating range control activity.
    The image shows a group of military personnel from what appear to be different armed forces engaged in a friendly conversation outdoors. A U.S. Marine in desert MARPAT camouflage with a name tape reading 'MERRILL' stands centrally, alongside U.S. Army soldiers and a foreign military officer in green woodland camouflage. The atmosphere is relaxed and cordial, suggesting a multinational military exercise or liaison meeting.

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