Troops with the New Zealand’s Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles, preform a communications gear check in their light armored vehicle during Steel Knight 17 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 6, 2016. Steel Knight is an annual exercise led by 1st Marine Division that spans the western United States and the California coast. The LAV-25 is an eight-wheeled vehicle made of light armor grade steel and mounted with a M242 Bushmaster, a 25-millimeter chain-driven weapon.

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