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    Exercise Sea Soldier '17: Machine Gun Range [Image 2 of 5]

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    Exercise Sea Soldier '17: Machine Gun Range

    RABKUT, Oman (Feb. 20, 2017) U.S. Lance Cpl. Fernando Fernandez, an infantry mortarman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducts preventative maintenance on an M240B medium machine gun during a live-fire range as part of Exercise Sea Soldier, Feb. 20. Throughout the range, Marines and Sailors with Weapons Co. switched between service rifles and machine guns to practice providing suppressing fire from different weapon systems. Sea Soldier 2017 is an annual, bilateral exercise conducted with the Royal Army of Oman designed to demonstrate the cooperative skill and will of U.S. and partner nations to work together in maintaining regional stability and security. The 11th MEU is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce and enhance regional stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price)

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    Date Taken: 02.20.2017
    Date Posted: 03.01.2017 00:49
    Photo ID: 3195883
    VIRIN: 170220-M-JH782-086
    Resolution: 4827x3421
    Size: 985.64 KB
    Location: OM

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