Marine Staff Sgt. James P. Ralstin, a platoon sergeant with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division employs a mounted M240B machine gun returning fire to an enemy during a deployment for training at Fort Irwin, California, March 17, 2019. The Marines of 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion participated in National Training Center 19-05 as the opposing force against the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. The exercise provided Marines and Sailors an opportunity to sustain training in primary conventional combat operations against a peer comp

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Marine Staff Sgt. James P. Ralstin, a platoon sergeant with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division employs a mounted M240B machine gun returning fire to an enemy during a deployment for training at Fort Irwin, California, March 17, 2019. The Marines of 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion participated in National Training Center 19-05 as the opposing force against the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. The exercise provided Marines and Sailors an opportunity to sustain training in primary conventional combat operations against a peer competitor.

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