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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Craig W. Mehlenbeck launches a high-explosive rocket from his MK153 assault weapon on a range in the Djibouti mountains, March 28, 2010. Mehlenbeck is an assaultman from Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which performed a series of sustainment and joint exercises with French troops while in Djibouti.

ROCKET LAUNCH

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Craig W. Mehlenbeck launches a high-explosive rocket from his MK153 assault weapon on a range in the Djibouti mountains, March 28, 2010. Mehlenbeck is an assaultman from Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which performed a series of sustainment and joint exercises with French troops while in Djibouti.

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