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Marines with technical gear sit on rocky terrain under partly cloudy skies.

Tip-Top Tactics

Marines conduct a close air support exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-25, at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., April 3, 2025. The course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1.

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