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Caption:
Two M-998's from heavy machinegun platoon 2nd Battalion 6th Marines
provide suppressive fire during the Mechanized Assault Course at the
Delta cooridor training area during Combined Arms Exercise 6-97.
CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) level exercise
being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29
Palms, CA. The command element for the exercise is MAGTF-6, which
is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2D Marine Division, Camp
Lejeune, NC. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary
Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key
billets in the Ground Combat Element, Air Combat Element, and the
Combat Service Support Element. Official U.S. Marine Corps
photograph by LCpl R L Kugler, 2D Marine Division Combat Camera Unit.
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