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Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducted a Table 3, live-fire exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Aug. 25, 2015. Table 3 sheds light on the importance of training to engage targets at unknown distances and allows the Marines to develop marksmanship skills in a controlled environment.

Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment board MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft Mar. 10 at Camp Hansen to manuever towards Ie Shima Training Facility to take over three target objectives during a long range raid training exercise.

The Mameluke sword of 2nd Lt. Paul W. Smithson, a Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who was killed in combat during a patrol Nov. 20, 1968, during the Vietnam War, was presented to the Smithson family at the Officer's Club aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 1, 2015. The sword was found by Staff Sgt. Jason Mabe, a motor transport maintenance chief with 2nd Radio Battalion, lying against a fence while he was on duty in 2013. The sword was presented back to Smithson's family by Mabe and the command of 2nd Radio Battalion after Mabe successfully identified the original owner and located the family. (U.S. Marine Corps video and photo by Cpl. Krista James and Cpl. Andy Orozco/Released)

The Mameluke sword of 2nd Lt. Paul W. Smithson, a Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, who was killed in combat during a patrol Nov. 20, 1968, during the Vietnam War, was presented to the Smithson family at the Officer's Club aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 1, 2015. The sword was found by Staff Sgt. Jason Mabe, a motor transport maintenance chief with 2nd Radio Battalion, lying against a fence while he was on duty in 2013. The sword was presented back to Smithson's family by Mabe and the command of 2nd Radio Battalion after Mabe successfully identified the original owner and located the family. (U.S. Marine Corps video and photo by Cpl. Krista James and Cpl. Andy Orozco/Released)