Marine Corps Lance Cpl. William Hastings, an intelligence analyst with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 5th Marine Regiment launches an RQ-11 RAVEN unmanned aerial system to gain an overhead visual of battalion formation during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2014 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 12, 2014. Desert Scimitar 2014 enables 1st Marine Division to test and refine its command control capabilities by acting as the headquarters element for a forward-deployed Marine Expeditionary Force. Simultaneously, it offers participating units the opportunity to ho

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Marine Corps Lance Cpl. William Hastings, an intelligence analyst with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 5th Marine Regiment launches an RQ-11 RAVEN unmanned aerial system to gain an overhead visual of battalion formation during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2014 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 12, 2014. Desert Scimitar 2014 enables 1st Marine Division to test and refine its command control capabilities by acting as the headquarters element for a forward-deployed Marine Expeditionary Force. Simultaneously, it offers participating units the opportunity to hone their conventional war fighting skills.( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luis A. Vega 1st Marine Division Combat Camera/Released) Desert Scimitar 140512-M-EP759-079

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