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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Regina Smith fires an M1014 shotgun during a shotgun qualification on Udairi Range, Kuwait, Aug. 14, 2012. Smith, a radio supervisor, is assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of the unit's sustainment training package, serving as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force to support maritime security and theater security cooperations.

SHOTGUN RANGE

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Regina Smith fires an M1014 shotgun during a shotgun qualification on Udairi Range, Kuwait, Aug. 14, 2012. Smith, a radio supervisor, is assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of the unit's sustainment training package, serving as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force to support maritime security and theater security cooperations.

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