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U.S. Navy Corpsman David Ropp, with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, prepares his equipment in anticipation of an approaching rain storm at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev., during exercise Javelin Thrust 2009 on June 9, 2009. The two-person tent serves as temporary shelter for U.S. Marines from 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve while they build a larger tent city. Marine Forces Reserve, headquartered in New Orleans, La., is conducting exercise Javelin Thrust 09 at six locations in the western United States. This combined arms exercise will showcase a wide range of combat and logistics capabilities and allows leaders to assess the operational readiness of participating units. More than 3,000 reserve and active component Marines and members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and Air National Guard will train simultaneously in support of this exercise.

Corpsman David Ropp prepares his equipment.

U.S. Navy Corpsman David Ropp, with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, prepares his equipment in anticipation of an approaching rain storm at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev., during exercise Javelin Thrust 2009 on June 9, 2009. The two-person tent serves as temporary shelter for U.S. Marines from 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve while they build a larger tent city. Marine Forces Reserve, headquartered in New Orleans, La., is conducting exercise Javelin Thrust 09 at six locations in the western United States. This combined arms exercise will showcase a wide range of combat and logistics capabilities and allows leaders to assess the operational readiness of participating units. More than 3,000 reserve and active component Marines and members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and Air National Guard will train simultaneously in support of this exercise.

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