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Aug 18, 2026

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Caleb Thaxton, a native of Ohio and gunner, and Cpl. Carlos Alvarez, a native of Maryland and team leader, both with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fire a Mark 19 grenade machine gun during a company supported bilateral defense, executing combined arms dilemmas against dismounted enemy forces as part of Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Maneuver Exercise on Training Area Delta during Service Level Training Exercise 4-26 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 11, 2026. SLTE 4-26 is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air-Ground Task Force across all domains of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Llanez Delgado)

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Canon EOS R

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RF24-240mm F4-6.3 IS USM

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5

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1/250

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500

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R

LENS

RF24-240mm F4-6.3 IS USM

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/250

ISO

500

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