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Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion stage a light-armored reconnaissance vehicle at Training Area 2 outside the northwest boundary of the Combat Center May 12, 2014 during Desert Scimitar-14. - Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion stage a light-armored reconnaissance vehicle at Training Area 2 outside the northwest boundary of the Combat Center May 12, 2014 during Desert Scimitar-14.

3rd LAR participates in Desert Scimitar

The full moon shone as dozens of light-armored vehicles quietly sat idle in the still of night. At first, only a faint breeze could be heard until one by one, the LAVs fired up and collectively spilled a climbing rumble across the desert. Four hours from their objective and five from the break of dawn, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion set forth on a unique multi-installation training exercise that would culminate across miles of desert, outside of the Combat Center, at an abandoned prison.

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