Lance Cpl. Jakob Kurle, a towed artillery systems technician with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment swings to loosen the ground with a pickaxe for the M777 Howitzer’s stabilizers during Steel Knight 17 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine palms, Calif., Dec. 4, 2016. Steel Knight is a division level exercise designed to enhance the command and control and interoperability with the 1st Marine Division, its adjacent units and naval support forces.

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