Gunslinger 22

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

U.S. Marine receives the highest non-combat award

Col. Ricardo Player (left), the Force Headquarters Group chief of staff, Marine Forces Reserve, pins the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Cpl. Nathan Bryson (right), a Marine Corps veteran who most recently served as a motor transport operator for Headquarters and Support Battalion, School of Infantry East, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, at the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment headquarters in Brook Park, Ohio, April 14, 2017. Bryson was awarded the medal for his actions in 2014 when he and a fellow Marine saved a man from a burning vehicle. The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is awarded for acts of heroism despite personal risk and is the highest honor one can achieve for non-combat service. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson/Released)

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Photo by: Cpl. Dallas Johnson | VIRIN: 170417-M-WQ182-002.JPG

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