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A machine gunner fires an M-249 squad automatic weapon during a raid exercise in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Yuma, Ariz.., Aug. 2, 2009. The long-range helicopter raid was the last training evolution the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted during its second at-sea training period.

TRAINING RAID

A machine gunner fires an M-249 squad automatic weapon during a raid exercise in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Yuma, Ariz.., Aug. 2, 2009. The long-range helicopter raid was the last training evolution the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted during its second at-sea training period.

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