September 26, 2016 - Marines from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, practice firing an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, part of Exercise Island Viper at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Marines wrap up their final week of Exercise Island Viper, an annual pre-deployment training event preparing Marines for a larger exercise in the Pacific Region. During Exercise Island Viper, the Marines practiced clearing buildings, patrolling through simulated villages, solved obstacles at the Leadership Reaction Course and traversing through an Improvising Explosive Devices course. (Image created by USA Patriotism! from U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torre)
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