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Oct 11, 2011

Lance Cpl. Calvin Jensen, left, a team leader with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), watches as Lance Cpl. Ryan T. Dupere, a squad automatic weapon (SAW) gunner with Echo Company, and Springville, N.Y., native, fires an M-249 SAW during a platoon-attack exercise ashore near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, October 11. Platoon-attack training was one of the many exercises conducted during the Marines’ six-day training evolution in Djibouti, Africa. The 22nd MEU is currently deployed as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) as the U.S. Central Command theatre reserve force, also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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