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U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, execute an iron-sights rifle range in Moron Air Base, Spain, June 21, 2019. The range was conducted to increase the Marines' ability to use their weapons without a rifle combat optic. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Gumchol Cho)

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Billy Shinault, officer-in-charge of Chosin Rifle Range at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, explains the advantages of training recruits to shoot with the Rifle Combat Optic. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Devon Burton)

Lance Cpl. Johnathon B. Mata, an electro-optics ordnance repairer with Ordnance Maintenance Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks about his own Marine Corps experience in Okinawa, Japan, March 31, 2016. Mata, as an electro-optics ordnance repairer, has the responsibility to repair artillery, electrical optics and thermal sights to ensure equipment is always ready. Mata is a Mt. Pleasant, Mich., native.

Lance Cpl. Johnathon B. Mata, an electro-optics ordnance repairer with Ordnance Maintenance Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks about his own Marine Corps experience in Okinawa, Japan, March 31, 2016. Mata, as an electro-optics ordnance repairer, has the responsibility to repair artillery, electrical optics and thermal sights to ensure equipment is always ready. Mata is a Mt. Pleasant, Mich., native.