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Exercise Gunslinger 2022
Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, Kansas

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Gunslinger is a large military exercise conducted by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, and the Kansas Air National Guard’s 134th Air Control Squadron of McConnell Air Force Base. More than 1,300 Marines from 11 home training centers across the country have deployed to multiple areas throughout Kansas to participate in Gunslinger 22.

 

GUNSLINGER 22 PHOTO GALLERY
Marines, West African nations train together during U.S. Army Exercise Western Accord 14
Marine Sgt. Bryan Ballard, an infantryman and class instructor with India Co., 3rd Bn., 23rd Marine Regiment, observes Burkina Faso Soldiers as they simulate treating a casualty during the Improvised Explosive Device detection class June 20, 2014. The unit trained Soldiers from different nations in various techniques and procedures for detecting and reacting to IEDs during Exercise Western Accord. Exercise Western Accord is a U.S. Africa Command sponsored annual joint training partnership exercise between the United States, the Economic Community of West African States and partner nations. The exercise, held in Senegal this year, is designed to increase interoperability between military forces and ensure the common ability to conduct peace operations throughout western Africa. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. V. Michelle Woods/ 40th PAD.)