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Two Marines wearing night-vision equipment stand on a military vehicle as another fires a mounted machine gun, making a flash against dark sky.

Starry Night Fire

Marines fire an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun during Adversary Force Exercise 4-26 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 9, 2026. The exercise serves as an opportunity for units to receive training and certification across multiple warfighting functions in realistic force-on-force scenarios.

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