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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31st MEU hosts Forward Observer Competition

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Rodriguez, left, a joint fires and effect integrator, and Sgt. Omar Cardoso, a fire support Marine, both with Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, call for fire utilizing a terrain sketch during a forward observer competition at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 23, 2025. Marines are evaluated in a number of simulated events to enhance their readiness and lethality. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. Rodriguez and Cardoso are both natives of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)

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Tags: JTAC, Call for Fire, Forward Observer, VBS3, INDOPACIFIC, BLT 1/7

Photo by: Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez | VIRIN: 250423-M-BN482-1269.JPG

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