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Marines fire their M240 machine gun while covering an advance on an objective at a training event during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 1, 2015.

Marines fire their M240 machine gun while covering an advance on an objective at a training event during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 1, 2015.

Marines fire their M240 machine gun while covering an advance on an objective at a training event during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 1, 2015.

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