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Thirty-six machine gunners from various units graduated the Advanced Machine Gunners Course, at the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion-East, aboard Camp Geiger, North Carolina, May 22, 2015. During their six-week long course, the machine gunners were broken down and built back up to develop them as the next machine gun leaders at all levels.

Claude Rawlins, a retired Marine Corps machine gunner and mortar-man who served in Vietnam, is interviewed in New Bern, North Carolina, Feb 10, 2025. We pay tribute to the brave men and women who have served our nation through unwavering dedication and strength, such as Lance Cpl. Claude Rawlins, a mortar-man formerly of 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, D Company, as he shares his remarkable journey during the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Michail Stankosky)