Marines with Bravo Company (Bravo Co.), 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fire a M240B machine gun during a squad supported exercise at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Mar. 22, 2018. Bravo Co. utilized machine gun suppression and mortar fire on simulated enemy forces, while infantrymen assaulted forward towards them. This combined-forces exercise was the last day of the battalion’s training event, Exercise Bougainville One, an annual training exercise that strengthens pre-deployment readiness.

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