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Nov 21, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Grant Boyes, Left, from Ohio, Hugs 1st Lt. Brady Tynan, from Nevada, both Low Altitude Air Defense Officers with 2nd LAAD, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Bravo Battery returned to Cherry Point after a six-month unit deployment to Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anakin Smith)

CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

2

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

800

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R5

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

2

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

800

 
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