Marine Corps Pfc. Luke J. Patterson, a rifleman with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), physically inspects a role-player at a checkpoint during counter-improvised explosive device (IED) training as part of Talon Exercise (TalonEx) 2-17, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, , April 27, 2017. The purpose of TalonEx was for ground combat units to conduct integrated training in support of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-17 hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1).

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