Private First Class Brandon Emery, an ammunition truck driver serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, loads a high-explosive round onto the back of a 7-ton truck during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 3, 2013. This is the first time in more than a decade the Marine Corps conducted the exercise. Artillery battalion returns to roots during Exercise Desert Scimitar 130503-M-PC317-102

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