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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
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Lance Cpl. Christopher Alvarez, a combat engineer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, cuts boards to length during a command post exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 9, 2020. The boards were used to make levels in order to distribute the freshly poured concrete. The Marines and Sailors of SPMAGTF-SC use the training opportunity of the CPX to both show their capabilities in a controlled environment and prepare for the upcoming mission. SPMAGTF-SC is poised to conduct crisis response, theater security cooperation, and general engineering training alongside partner nation militaries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alvarez is a native of Portland, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)