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A U.S. Marine fires an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun during Enhanced Mojave Viper, a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 10, 2010.

A U.S. Marine fires an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun during Enhanced Mojave Viper, a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 10, 2010.

A U.S. Marine fires an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun during Enhanced Mojave Viper, a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 10, 2010.

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