U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shelby A. Weathers (left) an assistant gunner and scout with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, and Cpl. John P. Wallis (right), a mortarman and scout team leader with the company, watch the sun go down while standing on the gun line before combined arms training at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2007. The training was part of the first week of Operation Mawtini. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser


U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kiante K. Walker, a fire direction control chief and vehicle commander with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, triangulates coordinates for two mortar guns as light armored vehicles and Marines prepare for combined arms training at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2007. The exercise was part of the first week of Operation Mawtini. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser


U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Stuart M. Skogmo, a forward observer attached to Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, uses binoculars to view a target site before combined arms training at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2007. The training, which included M-16s, squad automatic weapons, 240-G medium machine guns, and light armored vehicles, was part of the first week of Operation Mawtini. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser


Fire erupts from the barrel of a squad automatic weapon as Marines and light armored vehicles with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, line up and fire during combined arms training at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2007. The training was part of the first week of Operation Mawtini. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser


U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shelby A. Weathers (left) an assistant gunner and scout with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, and Cpl. John P. Wallis (right), a mortarman and scout team leader with the company protect themselves while manning a mortar gun during combined arms training at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2007. The exercise was part of the first week of Operation Mawtini. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser


Flames explode from the barrel of a 25mm Light Armored Vehicle gun during combined arms training with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2 at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2007. The training was part of the first week of Operation Mawtini. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser


Marines and light armored vehicles with Company C, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, line up and fire during combined arms training at Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2007. The training was part of the first week of Operation Mawtini. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser



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