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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blake M. Pharr, from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, fires M-203 grenade launchers with soldiers from the 2nd Company of the Beninese army on range 1 in Bembereke, Benin, during Exercise Shared Accord on June 13, 2009. The exercise is a combined U.S.-Benin military exercise that includes humanitarian and civil affairs projects.

Lance Cpl. Blake M. Pharr fires M-203 grenade launchers with soldiers from the Beninese army.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blake M. Pharr, from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, fires M-203 grenade launchers with soldiers from the 2nd Company of the Beninese army on range 1 in Bembereke, Benin, during Exercise Shared Accord on June 13, 2009. The exercise is a combined U.S.-Benin military exercise that includes humanitarian and civil affairs projects.

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