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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Shae Wheeler practices shooting targets with a pistol at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 24, 2008. Wheeler, assigned to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, is working through Mojave Viper, a Marine training cycle to prepare infantry units for combat.

MOJAVE VIPER

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Shae Wheeler practices shooting targets with a pistol at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 24, 2008. Wheeler, assigned to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, is working through Mojave Viper, a Marine training cycle to prepare infantry units for combat.

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