Photo by Lance Cpl. Jon Sosner
A Marine fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a squad-sized, live-fire range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 29, 2017. The Marines engaged targets from unknown distances with the IAR and M240B medium machine gun. The Marines are with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Rosales
Lance Cpl. Corey A. Ridgway, a Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle from the kneeling position at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 17, 2016. As the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st MEU air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, through the Indo-Asia Pacific region.
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Darien J. Bjorndal
Lance Cpl. Raja Patel, an automatic rifleman with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides cover with an M27 infantry automatic rifle while participating in a mechanized raid as part of the Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (MEUEX) at Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 16, 2017. MEUEX integrates aviation, ground and logistics elements to build the interoperability between the components of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Jon Sosner
Marines fire M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles during a squad-sized, live-fire range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 29, 2017. The Marines engaged targets from unknown distances with the IAR and M240B medium machine gun. The Marines are with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Rosales
Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sight-in with M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 16, 2016. As the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st MEU air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, through the Indo-Asia Pacific region.
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Manuel Benavides
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John M. Haines with Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Central Command fires his M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle while conducting squad attack exercise in the 5th Fleet area of operations, Nov. 26 to Dec. 2, 2016. Marines deployed with FASTCENT provide short-notice, limited support in order to protect vital Navy and national assets within the U.S. CENTCOM area of responsibility.
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Tojyea G. Matally
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Luke J. Patterson, a rifleman with 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (2d MARDIV), ceases firing an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle for an ammunition, casualties, and equipment report during squad-level attack live fire training at Afghan Alley shooting range on U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds for Talon Exercise (TalonEx) 2-17, Yuma, A.Z., March 30, 2017. The purpose of TalonEx was for ground combat units to conduct integrated training in support of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-17 hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1).
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Tojyea G. Matally
A U.S. Marine with 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (2d MARDIV), fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during squad-level attack live fire training at Afghan Alley shooting range on U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds for Talon Exercise (TalonEx) 2-17, Yuma, A.Z., March 30, 2017. The purpose of TalonEx was for ground combat units to conduct integrated training in support of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-17 hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1).
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Matt Lyman
Marines assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment take aim with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) during their Integrated Training Exercise at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California. This is a training event within their predeployment training curriculum. The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory provided some different unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and unmanned ground systems (UGS) for the Marines to employ during their training cycle.
Photo by U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado
Lance Cpl. William Lopez fires his M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle at a simulated target at range 410A Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., Oct. 21, 2016. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division are preparing to support a Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force for their upcoming deployment.
