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Here Comes the Boom

Here Comes the Boom

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Marines prepare to fire high-angle shots from M777 A2 155 mm howitzers Jan. 31 in the East Fuji Maneuver Area during Exercise Fire Dragon 13-2. During the live-fire portion of the exercise, Marines practiced firing at various angles to increase their ability to provide fire support to maneuver elements. The Marines are with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force...(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Manning)

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31/01/2013

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Combined Arms Training Center, JP

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United States Marine Corps

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Explore: 3rd mardiv

Marines install field showers for local Japanese families

Marines install field showers for local Japanese families

Blowing Smoke

Blowing Smoke

Twin Dragons

Twin Dragons

Here Comes the Boom

Here Comes the Boom

Smokin' Shot

Smokin' Shot

Spray and Pray

Spray and Pray

Explore: north fuji maneuver area

Here Comes the Boom

Here Comes the Boom

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Michael Anderson, assigned to Marine Air Ground Task Force Planner, 12th Marine Regiment, plots fire zones and updates units positions on a map, inside the Regiment Headquarters, Division Fire Support Control Center at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Michael Anderson, assigned to Marine Air Ground Task Force Planner, 12th Marine Regiment, plots fire zones and updates units positions on a map, inside the Regiment Headquarters, Division Fire Support Control Center at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Gilbert Soto, assigned to Headquarters, 12th Marine Regiment, does target processing for radar in the Target Processing Center at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Gilbert Soto, assigned to Headquarters, 12th Marine Regiment, does target processing for radar in the Target Processing Center at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Charley Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment adjust the position of the 155 mm Howitzer M198, during a dry fire exercise as part of an artillery relocation exercise at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Charley Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment adjust the position of the 155 mm Howitzer M198, during a dry fire exercise as part of an artillery relocation exercise at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

A view looking down the muzzle of a US Marine Corps (USMC) 155 mm Howitzer M198, as Marines assigned to Charley Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, prepare to reconfigure the weapon into its traveling position, following a dry fire exercise during an artillery relocation exercise at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

A view looking down the muzzle of a US Marine Corps (USMC) 155 mm Howitzer M198, as Marines assigned to Charley Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, prepare to reconfigure the weapon into its traveling position, following a dry fire exercise during an artillery relocation exercise at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Arion Hayes, assigned to Headquarters, 12th Marine Regiment, uses the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) to process fire missions quickly, inside the Division Fire Support Control Center at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Arion Hayes, assigned to Headquarters, 12th Marine Regiment, uses the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) to process fire missions quickly, inside the Division Fire Support Control Center at the North Fuji Maneuver Area, located at Okinawa, Japan

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A port bow view of the US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer, USS FTIZGERALD (DDG 62) as she rides at anchor in full dress in Shimoda Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (JPN), honoring the 66th annual Black Ship Festival, which commemorates the arrival of USN Commodore (CMDR) Oliver Hazard Perry more than 150-years ago and opening Japan to the West

A port bow view of the US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer, USS FTIZGERALD (DDG 62) as she rides at anchor in full dress in Shimoda Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (JPN), honoring the 66th annual Black Ship Festival, which commemorates the arrival of USN Commodore (CMDR) Oliver Hazard Perry more than 150-years ago and opening Japan to the West

Here Comes the Boom

Here Comes the Boom

Scenic Shot

Scenic Shot

... And Stay Down!

... And Stay Down!