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Marine Corps Sgt. William Fabrocini, right, loads a round into the tube of an 81 mm mortar during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 at Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia, July 21, 2017. Fabrocini is a mortarman assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez

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Marine Corps Sgt. William Fabrocini, right, loads a round into the tube of an 81 mm mortar during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 at Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia, July 21, 2017. Fabrocini is a mortarman assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez

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