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Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Ratliff, HMLA-773 aerial observer, fires an M2 .50-caliber machine gun out of a UH-1N Huey helicopter during Operation Javelin Thrust July 21. The exercise allowed reserve Marines to keep current in their training as well as prepare for a deployed environment. - Staff Sgt. Matthew A. Ratliff, HMLA-773 aerial observer, fires an M2 .50-caliber machine gun out of a UH-1N Huey helicopter during Operation Javelin Thrust July 21. The exercise allowed reserve Marines to keep current in their training as well as prepare for a deployed environment.

Javelin Thrust Marines practice close air support

A visiting squadron illustrated the combat effectiveness of a UH-1N Huey from the Yuma air station July 21.Before takeoff, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 Marines armed the UH-1N Huey with an M240 machine gun and an M2 .50-caliber machine gun manned by Sgt. Lucas W. Anderson, crew chief and native of Mount Horeb, Wis., and Staff Sgt.

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