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    NC Guard Special Forces Train With Botswana Defense Force Commandos [Image 3 of 16]

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    A military training exercise is taking place at an outdoor shooting range in an arid environment. An instructor in multicam/OCP pattern uniform is demonstrating rifle handling techniques to a group of approximately 15-20 soldiers in mixed uniforms. The setting appears to be a joint or combined arms training event, with shooting range target berms visible in the background.

    GABORONE, BOTSWANA

    07.13.2019

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Junell  

    North Carolina National Guard

    A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group demonstrates how to properly hold and lower an M-4 rifle and switch to a pistol to a group of Botswana Defense Force Special Forces service members before firing the pistols at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 13, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey training in partnership with their Botswanan Defense Force counterparts during Upward Minuteman 2019, a U.S. Africa Command exercise promoting the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Programs on the African Continent. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Junell)

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    Date Taken: 07.13.2019
    Date Posted: 07.15.2019 04:05
    Photo ID: 5579087
    VIRIN: 190713-Z-GT365-0046
    Resolution: 5389x3592
    Size: 3.98 MB
    Location: GABORONE, BW
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    A group of military personnel are gathered at an outdoor shooting range in an arid, semi-desert environment. The scene appears to depict a joint training exercise, with instructors in tan/multicam uniforms briefing or instructing soldiers wearing green camouflage uniforms. Shooting targets are visible in the background against an earthen berm.
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    A military training exercise is taking place at an outdoor shooting range in an arid environment. An instructor in multicam/OCP pattern uniform is demonstrating rifle handling techniques to a group of approximately 15-20 soldiers in mixed uniforms. The setting appears to be a joint or combined arms training event, with shooting range target berms visible in the background.
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