Pfc. Garrett Beck fires an M240B medium machine gun at distant targets during the company supported, live-fire assault portion of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 7, 2015 The purpose of a MCCRE is to evaluate Marines’ collective performance in specific mission requirements that will prepare them for their upcoming deployment rotation. Beck is a machine gunner with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans) Fighting fire with fire; 2-

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Pfc. Garrett Beck fires an M240B medium machine gun at distant targets during the company supported, live-fire assault portion of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 7, 2015 The purpose of a MCCRE is to evaluate Marines’ collective performance in specific mission requirements that will prepare them for their upcoming deployment rotation. Beck is a machine gunner with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans) Fighting fire with fire; 2-7 leads the charge 151207-M-GM943-175

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