Operations Specialist 2nd Class Cory Smith holds a flashlight while Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Samuél Leon, both assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One, removes a .50 caliber machine gun from an 11-meter rigid hull inflatable boat following night operations during Exercise Dawn Blitz. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine Corps units by providing a robust training environment where forces plan and execute an amphibious assault, engage in live-fire events, and establish expeditionary advanced bases in a land and maritime thre

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Operations Specialist 2nd Class Cory Smith holds a flashlight while Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Samuél Leon, both assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One, removes a .50 caliber machine gun from an 11-meter rigid hull inflatable boat following night operations during Exercise Dawn Blitz. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine Corps units by providing a robust training environment where forces plan and execute an amphibious assault, engage in live-fire events, and establish expeditionary advanced bases in a land and maritime threat environment to improve naval amphibious core competencies. ( Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Stacy D. Laseter)

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