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.

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U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 24 conduct base defense

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Vernal Emhoolah, left, a native of Texas, and Pfc. Kyle VanSteenbergen, a native of North Carolina, both low-altitude air-defense gunners with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), aim a simulated FIM-92 Stinger missile during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd LAAD, MACS-24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

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Tags: Marine Corps, Base Defense Zone, 2nd low-altitude air defense battalion

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo | VIRIN: 240611-M-OV696-1039.JPG

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