Gunslinger 22

Exercise Gunslinger 2022

Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, Kansas

ABOUT

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.

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HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Peleliu Marine Connects Past to Present

Sgt. Chaz Arurang, a supply administration and operations specialist with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, whose daily task is the coordination, tracking and supply of aviation resources throughout the wing, finds his home aboard Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. Peleliu, Arurang’s native home island in the western pacific, is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.

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Tags: MarForRes, Peleliu, Marines, WWII, World War II, US Marines, Marine Support Facility, NEW ORLEANS, Reserve, palau, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Sgt. Adwin Esters | VIRIN: 150916-M-JL916-011.JPG

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