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    Recon Marines seize enemy objective during raid exercise [Image 4 of 4]

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    The image shows multiple military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms (MARPAT pattern) kneeling in a tactical formation near concertina wire. The soldiers are equipped with rifles, tactical vests, helmets, and at least one rocket launcher (appears to be an AT4 or similar anti-armor weapon). The setting appears to be a training exercise at a military installation, evidenced by a constructed building in the background and the controlled environment.

    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    07.13.2013

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey Dabney 

    1st Marine Division

    Sergeant Aaron Ligon, a reconnaissance Marine serving with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, provides security as his team prepares to breach the enemy's concertina wire obstacle during a raid exercise here, July 13, 2013. Ligon, 22, from Sierra Vista, Ariz., serves as the radio operator as well as the antitank rocket-man for his team.

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    Date Taken: 07.13.2013
    Date Posted: 07.16.2013 09:11
    Photo ID: 972534
    VIRIN: 130711-M-HQ478-036
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 5.67 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US
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    A U.S. Marine in MARPAT desert camouflage uniform is preparing to drop a mortar round into a mortar tube during what appears to be a field training exercise. A second Marine is positioned prone near the base plate of the mortar system. The setting is an arid, hilly terrain photographed during golden hour lighting conditions.
    A U.S. Marine in full combat gear runs along a dusty dirt trail through arid, hilly terrain. He is equipped with MARPAT desert camouflage, a tactical vest, helmet, and carries an M4 carbine with an M203 grenade launcher attached. At least two additional armed personnel are visible in the background on the same trail.
    A column of U.S. Marines in MARPAT desert camouflage uniforms conducts a patrol or field exercise along a dirt trail through dry, grassy terrain. The lead Marine carries an M16/M4-style rifle and what appears to be an M72 LAW or similar rocket launcher slung over his shoulder. The setting appears to be a training environment, likely at a U.S. military installation in California based on the landscape.
    The image shows multiple military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms (MARPAT pattern) kneeling in a tactical formation near concertina wire. The soldiers are equipped with rifles, tactical vests, helmets, and at least one rocket launcher (appears to be an AT4 or similar anti-armor weapon). The setting appears to be a training exercise at a military installation, evidenced by a constructed building in the background and the controlled environment.

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