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Lance Cpls. Justin Downing and Patrick Walker, mortar men with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, brace themselves while firing a 60mm mortar round during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 3 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 21, 2011. The two-day evolution — part of the Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise — enabled “America’s Battalion” to improve its capabilities as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The exercise is their final pre-deployment training event before deploying to Afghanistan’s Helmand province next month to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Walker, 25, is from Clearwater, Fla. Downing, 18, is from Huntingtown, Md.
| Date Taken: | 09.21.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 09.24.2011 11:58 |
| Photo ID: | 462124 |
| VIRIN: | 110921-M-MM918-002 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1477 |
| Size: | 2.31 MB |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 148 |
| Downloads: | 22 |
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