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Gunslinger 22

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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
Paddling the War Away
Gregg T. Habel, executive director Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North (left), former active-duty Marine Cpl. Joshua Ploetz, a combat veteran (middle) and Lt. Col. Steven Godinho, Marine Forces Reserve Headquarters Battalion commanding officer (right) stand together July 25, 2014 after Ploetz comes ashore at Algiers Point along the Mississippi River. Ploetz paddled nearly 2,575-miles down the Mississippi to raise awareness for post-traumatic stress.