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Marines fire a 60 mm mortar, setting the baseplate in the dirt during live-fire training on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 7, 2011. The Marines are assigned to Kilo Company. The rifle company, with its section of mortars, is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

MORTAR LAUNCH

Marines fire a 60 mm mortar, setting the baseplate in the dirt during live-fire training on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 7, 2011. The Marines are assigned to Kilo Company. The rifle company, with its section of mortars, is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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