Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Alexander, right, and Lance Cpl. Jacob Drahos, machine gunners, both with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (1/1), Marine Air-Ground Task Force-8 (MAGTF-8), provide suppressive machine gun fire with the M240B while conducting a live-fire exercise during Integrated Training Exercise 5-17 (ITX) on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 23, 2017. The purpose of ITX is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF.

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