Marines with India Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment fire a M795 High Explosive projectile from a M777A2 Howitzer during Exercise DESERT SCIMITAR 2014 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 10, 2014. DESERT SCIMITAR 2014 was a 1st Marine Division exercise held to test and refine its command and control capabilities by acting as the headquarters element for a forward deployed Marine Expeditionary Force simultaneously offering units the opportunity to hone their conventional war fighting skills. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ismael E. Ortega


Marines with India Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment fire a M795 High Explosive projectile from a M777A2 Howitzer during Exercise DESERT SCIMITAR 2014 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 10, 2014. DESERT SCIMITAR 2014 was a 1st Marine Division exercise held to test and refine its command and control capabilities by acting as the headquarters element for a forward deployed Marine Expeditionary Force simultaneously offering units the opportunity to hone their conventional war fighting skills. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ismael E. Ortega/Released) DESERT SCIMITAR 140510-M-RD023-137


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