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Rainbow Rifle Range
Marines with Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire assault rifles at intended targets on the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme-Richard during live fire training, Sept. 16, 2013. The 31st MEU regularly performs live fire training to improve tactical skills and maintain the readiness of the 31st MEU during its summer deployment.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Oxton/Released)
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Fire in the Hole!
Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group, fire MK19 Grenade Launchers during night fire as part of a grenade training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Marines waited for illumination flares to light the range before opening fire on targets.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sullivan Laramie/Released)
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Hilltop security
U.S. Army Pfc. Jordan Adams with Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pulls security during a senior leader engagement with Afghan National Police in Bagram, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2013. ANP are one of the critical elements of the Afghan National Security Forces that have assumed responsibility for security throughout Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alexander Naylor/ Released)
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Canine Overwatch
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sean Pabey, truck commander, Sgt. James Carlberg dog handler and his dog Staff Sgt. Abby, assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 3-15th Infantry Brigade, provide overwatch from the mountain tops of Maiden Shar, Afghanistan, Sept. 1, 2013 during operation Apache Shield. The operation allows U.S soldiers to assist the Afghan Military Police by showing a larger presence on the surrounding mountain tops to deter any enemies of Afghanistan in the area from launching indirect fire onto Forward Operating Base Airborne. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel M. Copeland)
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Blending In
Soldiers from Gunfighter Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101 ABN DIV, climb the side of a mountain in order to provide security for an adjacent unit in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Wilderness, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, Sep. 1, 2013. The Soldiers from 'Red Currahee' were providing security for engineer elements from the 555th Engineer Brigade who were constructing a Mabey-Johnson Bridge on the Khowst-Gardez Road. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Moeller)
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Enshrinement Ceremony
U.S. Army 1st. Sgt. Robert Durbin, Honor Guard Company First Sergeant, holds 1st Sgt. David McNerney's Medal of Honor during an Enshrinement Ceremony at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. Sept. 22, 2013. During the ceremony the Smithsonian Institution accepted McNerney's Medal of Honor into the National Postal Museum collection. It will be displayed in the National Stamp Salon of the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/ Released)
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Welcome
Maori soldiers, the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, perform a Powhiri ceremony for U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno at the Auckland Museum in Auckland, New Zealand Sept. 9, 2013. A Powhiri is a Māori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing, and singing. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/ Released)