From front to back, Staff Sgt. Christopher Nordie, a joint terminal air controller with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Sgt. Jacob Flury, also a JTAC with 2/11, and Lance Cpl. Nathaniel French, a forward observer with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, direct aircraft via radio while conducting live-fire training during exercise Scorpion Fire in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Ranges, Calif., near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Here, Marines took advantage of the extensive range facilities to diversify their training in a desert environment. Scorpion
From front to back, Staff Sgt. Christopher Nordie, a joint terminal air controller with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Sgt. Jacob Flury, also a JTAC with 2/11, and Lance Cpl. Nathaniel French, a forward observer with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, direct aircraft via radio while conducting live-fire training during exercise Scorpion Fire in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Ranges, Calif., near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Here, Marines took advantage of the extensive range facilities to diversify their training in a desert environment. Scorpion Fire 2014 140814-M-TE786-020
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