A stinger missile is fired from the Avenger weapon system at an aerial target of the coast on Onslow Beach March 15, 2013. The target scale is 1/5th the size of an actual aircraft, giving units a realistic target with which to train. Training at Camp Lejeune allowed the 2nd Battalion, 263rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment to set up in a deployment formation versus the usual static formation at other smaller training sites. A day at the beach 130315-M-WC184-002

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