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U.S. Marines with India Battery, attached to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team, fire a round out of an M-198 155mm Medium Howitzer cannon at Yausubetsu Maneuvering Area, Japan, Aug. 30, 2006, during an artillery live-fire exercise.

LIVE-FIRE EXERCISE

U.S. Marines with India Battery, attached to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team, fire a round out of an M-198 155mm Medium Howitzer cannon at Yausubetsu Maneuvering Area, Japan, Aug. 30, 2006, during an artillery live-fire exercise.

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