Lance Cpl. Eduardo A. Ajpacaja, a field artillery cannoneer with Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, loads an M777 Howitzer as a part of Desert Fire Exercise in preparation for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force. DESFIREX fans the flames for Steel Knight 151205-M-HF454-662

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