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A U.S. Marine provides overwatch as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lands to pick him up during an exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Jan. 23, 2010. The range enables battalion sized live-fire scenarios for all warfighters to train with the maximum amount of realism in a controlled environment. The Marine is assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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A U.S. Marine provides overwatch as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lands to pick him up during an exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Jan. 23, 2010. The range enables battalion sized live-fire scenarios for all warfighters to train with the maximum amount of realism in a controlled environment. The Marine is assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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