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A Marine mans a machine gun aboard an open aircraft as another looks out.

Target Tactics

Marine Corps Cpl. Ross Roby, right, engages targets while conducting an offensive air support exercise during a weapons and tactics instructor course at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Sept. 30, 2019.

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