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A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, fires his M-16A2 rifle while taking part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, fires his M-16A2 rifle while taking part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, fires his M-9 9mm pistol while taking part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, fires an M-249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) while taking part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, fires a British L1A1 rifle during weapons training with British soldiers of the Queen's Dragoon Guards at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, fires a British L7A2 general purpose machine gun during weapons training with British soldiers of the Queen's Dragoon Guards at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, checks his target while taking part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield. The Marine is carrying an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher

Smoke drifts away from a target that was hit by a round from an AT-4 light anti-tank weapon as Marines from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, and British soldiers from the Queen's Dragoon Guards conduct weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

A British soldier from the Queen's Dragoon Guards shows a Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, how to operate a British L1A1 rifle as they take part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation DESERT SHIELD

A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, prepares to fire an AT-4 light anti-tank weapon while taking part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. J. R. Ruark

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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