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U.S. Marines walk to a firing line before live-fire training on the M249 squad automatic weapon and squad rushes in Bembereke, Benin, on June 16, 2009. The training is being conducted as part of Shared Accord, a combined U.S.-Beninese military training exercise with humanitarian projects scheduled to run concurrently. The Marines are from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division.

U.S. Marines walk to a firing line.

U.S. Marines walk to a firing line before live-fire training on the M249 squad automatic weapon and squad rushes in Bembereke, Benin, on June 16, 2009. The training is being conducted as part of Shared Accord, a combined U.S.-Beninese military training exercise with humanitarian projects scheduled to run concurrently. The Marines are from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division.

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