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LCPL B.S. Jones, (Hometown:  Sherrill, NY),  with Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, manuevers his armored combat earth mover (ace) while constructing a berm for the hazardous waste site during combined Arms Exercise 5-97.  CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted At Mcagcc (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, CA.  The command element for this exercise is Magtf-6, 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 imagery by sgt b.e. vancise, 2d marine division combat camera unit.

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Service Branch
US Army
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M9 Armored Combat Earthmover
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