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Feb 11, 2010

Lance Cpl. Cody L. Spraggins, left, 20, an Arlington, Texas, native and artillery crewman with Battery E, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, prepares to load a primer and charge as Pfc. Levi S. Minissale, middle, 20, a St. Cloud, Minn., native and artillery crewman with Battery E, and Lance Cpl. Cameron J. Smith, 19, Sacramento, Calif., native and motor transportation operator with Battery E, push an artillery round into the chamber of a M777 howitzer with a ram rod during the Hijudai Artillery Relocation Training Program Exercise at Hijudai Training Area, Japan, Feb. 3. The regularly-scheduled artillery training enables Marines to maintain their operational readiness to respond to any contingency where artillery, crew served weapons and small arms fire would be required.

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