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Marine Corps Pfc. Arnold Millan rushes to an M777 lightweight howitzer to clear the barrel and reload after firing a mission during Exercise Steel Knight 2014 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 13, 2013. Millan, a artilleryman, is assigned to Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment.

Marine Corps Pfc. Arnold Millan rushes to an M777 lightweight howitzer to clear the barrel and reload after firing a mission during Exercise Steel Knight 2014 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 13, 2013. Millan, a artilleryman, is assigned to Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment.

Marine Corps Pfc. Arnold Millan rushes to an M777 lightweight howitzer to clear the barrel and reload after firing a mission during Exercise Steel Knight 2014 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 13, 2013. Millan, a artilleryman, is assigned to Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment.

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