Marines and Sailors with Charlie Company, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, stage gear next to a Short Skyvan prior to performing day and night parachute operations and insertion techniques in Temple, TX, Jan. 20, 2018. The purpose of freefall insertion training is to place a Reconnaissance team safely and closely together to conduct deep ground reconnaissance, surveillance, battle space shaping, and limited scale raids in support of the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), other Marine air-ground task forces, or a joint force. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Timot

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Marines and Sailors with Charlie Company, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, stage gear next to a Short Skyvan prior to performing day and night parachute operations and insertion techniques in Temple, TX, Jan. 20, 2018. The purpose of freefall insertion training is to place a Reconnaissance team safely and closely together to conduct deep ground reconnaissance, surveillance, battle space shaping, and limited scale raids in support of the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), other Marine air-ground task forces, or a joint force. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Timothy J. Lutz)

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