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Cpl. Drew Eyre, a scout sniper with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M107 Special Application Scope Rifle, or SASR, during a bilateral live-fire exercise with the Jordanian armed forces during Exercise Eager Lion 2015 in Jordan, May 7, 2015. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin A. Lewis)
A soldier and four members of No. 1 Squadron, Special Air Service (1SAS), preparing for patrol out of the Battalion Headquarters of 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR), during Operation Coburg. They are dressed in tiger stripe pattern camouflage uniforms and carry M16 and SLR rifles. Note the 30 round magazine and the disruptive tape on the foregrip of the SLR rifle. (Donor C. Dudley)
Vehicles are prepared for operations. A Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) member works on a patrol vehicle.
An Australian Special Air Service patrol in Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War
