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    WTI: 1/2 Mortar Range [Image 13 of 17]

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    Two military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are operating a mortar system in an arid desert training environment. The mortar appears to have just been fired, evidenced by the dust and debris cloud visible at the base plate. The setting appears to be a military training range based on the controlled environment and desert terrain with mountains in the background.

    YUMA PROVING GROUND, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES

    03.30.2022

    Photo by Pfc. Sarah Pysher 

    2nd Marine Division

    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eduardo Garrido, a native of Miami and Lance Cpl. Stacee Fehrenbacher, a native of New Orleans, both mortarman with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), fires a 60mm mortar during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, March 30, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), which emphasizes the development of small task-organized unit experimentation across all warfighting functions, as well as enhance the battalion's ability to conduct command and control, fire-support planning, intelligence functions, and logistical support to distributed company level operations. This exercise continues support of 2d MARDIV's experimental battalion's assessment and mission essential task list-based pre-deployment training progression. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Sarah Pysher)

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    Date Taken: 03.30.2022
    Date Posted: 04.05.2022 12:45
    Photo ID: 7121882
    VIRIN: 220330-M-EA659-2026
    Resolution: 4282x2855
    Size: 5.97 MB
    Location: YUMA PROVING GROUND, ARIZONA, US
    Hometown: MIAMI, FLORIDA, US
    Hometown: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, US
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    Two military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are operating a mortar system in an arid desert training environment. The mortar appears to have just been fired, evidenced by the dust and debris cloud visible at the base plate. The setting appears to be a military training range based on the controlled environment and desert terrain with mountains in the background.
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