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Dave Mainwright, an Australian army warrant officer, teaches U.S. Marines a different way to zero out their weapons during a data collection exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 21, 2009. The Marines are assigned to1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

LESSON ZERO

Dave Mainwright, an Australian army warrant officer, teaches U.S. Marines a different way to zero out their weapons during a data collection exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 21, 2009. The Marines are assigned to1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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