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Marines with Battery N, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, fire an M777 A2 howitzer during a series of integrated firing exercises at the Combat Center's Quakenbush Training Area April 26, 2013.

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Marines with Battery N, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, fire an M777 A2 howitzer during a series of integrated firing exercises at the Combat Center's Quakenbush Training Area April 26, 2013.

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Marines with 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment prepare 155 mm rounds to be loaded into an M777 A2 howitzer during a series of integrated firing exercises at the Combat Center's Quakenbush Training Area April 26, 2013.

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Marine with Hotel Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, prepare to bed down for the night after a live-fire range at Fort Pickett, Va., July 18, 2020, during Hotel Battery’s annual training. The Marine Corps Reserves was established on Aug. 29, 1916, after President Woodrow Wilson signed the Naval Appropriations Act of 1916. Since then, the Marine Corps Reserves have been called upon in every major conflict as well serving in humanitarian and security operations across the globe. This photo was created by stacking 75 images taken over the span of 45 minutes together. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Niles Lee)

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Marines from Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, fire off a round at Pelham Range in Anniston, Alabama, on Oct. 16, 2015. The Marines fired the howitzer during annual training to keep their skills sharp and ready to use artillery at any time.

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FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Lance Cpl. Wayne Rohall (Middle) and Lance Cpl. Steven Foster, field artillerymen with India Battery, 3rd Battalion 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, ram a round into a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer, Oct. 25, 2014 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister. Exercise Twisted Sister was a live-fire artillery training exercise designed to hone tactics, techniques and procedures at the battalion level. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Lance Cpl. Wayne Rohall (middle) and Lance Cpl. Steven Foster, field artillerymen with India Battery, 3rd Battalion 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, ram a round into a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer, Oct. 25, 2014 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister. Exercise Twisted Sister was a live-fire artillery training exercise designed to hone tactics, techniques and procedures at the battalion level. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Lance Cpl. Wayne Rohall (Right) a field artilleryman with India Battery, 3rd Battalion 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, inspects ammunition with section chief Sgt. Julian E. Gomez III, before loading a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer, Oct. 25, 2014 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister. Exercise Twisted Sister was a live-fire artillery training exercise designed to hone tactics, techniques and procedures at the battalion level. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Lance Cpl. Wayne Rohall (right) a field artilleryman with India Battery, 3rd Battalion 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, inspects ammunition with section chief Sgt. Julian E. Gomez III, before loading a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer, Oct. 25, 2014 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister. Exercise Twisted Sister was a live-fire artillery training exercise designed to hone tactics, techniques and procedures at the battalion level. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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Cpl. Michael Coogan, a field artilleryman and a chief A-gunner with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, rotates the angle of fire on an M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer before firing rounds down range at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister, a battalion fire exercise, Oct. 25, 2014. Before the batteries can fire, the guns receive coordinates from forward observers down range who are the eyes and ears of the gun batteries. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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Lance Cpl. James Conley, a field artilleryman with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, cleans the barrel of the M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer after firing rounds at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister, a battalion fire exercise, Oct. 25, 2014. The purpose of swabbing the barrel after each firing is to ensure that the gun is sufficiently cooled so as not to prematurely ignite the next group of powder placed into the gun. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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Lance Cpl. Trevian Mortorff, a field artilleryman with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, rotates the degree of fire on an M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer before firing rounds down range at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister, a battalion fire exercise, Oct. 25, 2014. The M777A2 is an indirect field artillery cannon designed to be easily maneuverable for effective support maneuver warfare tactics. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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Lance Cpl. James Whearry, a field artilleryman with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, fires the M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister, a battalion fire exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Oct. 25, 2014. Field artillerymen receive various call for fire scenarios, some requiring them to fire a certain number of rounds in a given time, others require precision shooting involving each gun in the battery as well as other batteries combined. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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An M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer fires rounds down range as smoke from the barrel, commonly referred to as the dragon’s breath, clears from the area at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister, a live-fire exercise conducted by 3rd Battalion, 14 the Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Oct. 25, 2014. The howitzer is capable of providing accurate indirect fire at a distance of approximately 18 miles, with some variations reaching 25 miles. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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Field artillerymen with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, prepare powder for an M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer before the next call for fire mission at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister, a battalion fire exercise, Oct. 25, 2014. Before the batteries can fire, the guns receive coordinates from forward observers down range who are the eyes and ears of the gun batteries. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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Sgt. Julian Gomez III, a section chief with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, gives the command to fire an M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer to Lance Cpl. James Whearry, a field artilleryman with 3rd Bn. 14th Marines, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister, a battalion fire exercise, Oct. 25, 2014. Field artillerymen receive various call-for-fire scenarios, some requiring them to fire a certain number of rounds in a given time, others require precision shooting involving each gun in the battery as well as other batteries combined. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

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Marines from Battery O, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division prepare to fire artillery rounds from an M777A2 155 mm howitzer at East Fuji Maneuver Area, Japan Sept. 11. Battery O is in Japan as a part of the Unit Deployment Program, a program designed to increase the training level and unit continuity of Marine Corps units stationed in the continental United States. Realistic scenarios and combined exercises are a highlight of the UDP, bringing Marines of many different units together, sometimes with foreign forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Terence G. Brady/Released)

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Marines with Battery O, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, simulate firing an M240G medium machine gun during a demonstration for local government officials at East Fuji Maneuver Area on mainland Japan Sept. 14. Battery O is currently deployed to Okinawa, Japan as a part of the Unit Deployment Program, a program designed to increase the training level and unit continuity of Marine Corps units stationed in the continental United States. Units with Marine Forces Reserve have honed their skills in the UDP since 2003, and continue to do so, as two squadrons from the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing are set to mobilize for their UDP deployment in 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Terence G. Brady/Released)

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