Pre-deployment firing drills

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Damien Gullo, with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, receives tips from his team leader Staff Sgt. Efrain Martinez on his firing stance before timed firing drills during pre-deployment t raining with the High Desert Special Operations Center in Hawthorne, Nev., Oct. 31, 2007. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Shawn M. Statz)


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Richard Powell, with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, receives tips from his team leader Staff Sgt. Mikel Latham on his firing stance before timed firing drills during pre-deployment tr aining with the High Desert Special Operations Center in Hawthorne, Nev., Oct. 31, 2007


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Johnathan Blank with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, fires his M4 service rifle from behind cover during timed firing drills as part of pre-deployment training with the High Desert Spe cial Operations Center in Hawthorne, Nev., Oct. 31, 2007. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Shawn M. Statz)


U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mikel Latham, with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducts a speed reload with his M4 service rifle during timed firing drills as part of pre-deployment training with the High D esert Special Operations Center in Hawthorne, Nev., Oct. 31, 2007. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Shawn M. Statz)



U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division fire their M4 service rifles in irregular firing positions during timed firing drills as part of pre-deployment training with the High Desert Special Operatio ns Center in Hawthorne, Nev., Oct. 31, 2007. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Shawn M. Statz) (Released)

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This **** works!!!

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Lance Cpl. Tyler S. Carroll, a rifleman with 4th Platoon, Company C, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Sandy, Utah native, fires his first live AT-4 anti-tank weapon during his unit’s desert sustainment training at the Udairi Range Complex here this week.

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Great Training pics!!!

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A Marine with Company C, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif., throws a training grenade while the Marine next to him lays down suppressive fire during an individual movement and enemy suppression training exercise at the Udairi Range Complex during sustainment training here Jan. 18.


A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif., throws an M67 fragmentation grenade at the Udairi Range Complex during sustainment training here Jan. 18


Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif., fire M249 squad automatic weapons during an unknown distance shoot at the Udairi Range Complex during sustainment training here Jan. 17.


Lance Cpl. Mike C. Olynick, a Marine with 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, records firing information while another Marine half loads a mortar round in the tube of his M-252 81mm Mortar system during a fire support coordination exercise here Jan. 16, to train the battalion’s future Fire Support Team (FST) leaders.


Marines with Company C, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif., patrol to a new location at the Udairi Range Complex during sustainment training here Jan. 18.


2nd Lt. Stephen P. Kelly, the commander of first platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, uses a compass to ensure the rounds he requires to be fired will hit exactly where he wants them to during a fire support coordination exercise here Jan. 16, to train the battalion’s future Fire Support Team (FST) leaders.

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A Marine with 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, plots information while his fellow Marines clean and prepare their M-252 81mm Mortar system to fire during a fire support coordination exercise here Jan. 16


A view from atop the observation post here shows the Marines of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, who were hard at work during a fire support coordination exercise here Jan. 16, to train the battalion’s future Fire Support Team (FST) leaders.


A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif., advances during an individual movement training exercise at the Udairi Range Complex during sustainment training in Kuwait Jan. 17.


A round from an M-252 81mm Mortar system flies into the air after being dropped down the mortar tube by Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, who were participating in a fire support coordination exercise here Jan. 16, to train the battalion’s future Fire Support Team (FST) leaders.