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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Turnage inputs target and firing data while firing mortars during an adversarial force exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 3, 2024. Turnage is a squad leader from Ponchatoula, Louisiana. The AFX is the primary readiness-building event prior to Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment’s upcoming deployment to Okinawa, Japan, in support of the Marine Corps’ Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Madisyn Paschal)