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    Two soldiers in camouflage uniforms and helmets are positioned in a prone firing stance within a dirt trench or earthen berm. They are aiming rifles outward, with one soldier carrying what appears to be an AK-pattern rifle and the other operating a bipod-mounted light machine gun. The setting appears to be an open, arid landscape, possibly during a training exercise or tactical operation.

    BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI

    06.26.2012

    Photo by Cpl. Adwin Esters 

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa     

    Machine gunners with 1st Sapper Company, Burundi National Defense Force, focus on their targets during a combined arms training event, June 26, 2012. Marines and sailors from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, Security Cooperation Team-2 have been in Burundi training with the 1st Sapper Company in combined arms breaching techniques to prepare the unit for deployment in support of the African Union Mission in Somalia.

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    Date Taken: 06.26.2012
    Date Posted: 07.17.2012 06:20
    Photo ID: 626280
    VIRIN: 120626-M-JL916-395
    Resolution: 5024x3276
    Size: 3.23 MB
    Location: BUJUMBURA, BI
    Web Views: 161
    Downloads: 39

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