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U.S. Marine leaders with 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, salute as the Marines of Fire Support Battalion, 11th Marines, pass in review during the battalion’s activation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 19, 2024. The activation of the battalion, which is the first of its kind, is a major step in providing ground commanders with the fire support capabilities to plan, coordinate, and synchronize fires to accomplish missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adeola Adetimehin) - U.S. Marine leaders with 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, salute as the Marines of Fire Support Battalion, 11th Marines, pass in review during the battalion’s activation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 19, 2024. The activation of the battalion, which is the first of its kind, is a major step in providing ground commanders with the fire support capabilities to plan, coordinate, and synchronize fires to accomplish missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adeola Adetimehin)

The Marines of 11th Marine Regiment celebrate Saint Barbara's Day--the patron saint of Artillery--in Las Pulgas, Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 21, 2016. The regiment remembered those Cannon Cockers who have gone before them with a memorial service, inducted new members into the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara, and added some levity with a homemade trebuchet competition. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price/Released) - The Marines of 11th Marine Regiment celebrate Saint Barbara's Day--the patron saint of Artillery--in Las Pulgas, Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 21, 2016. The regiment remembered those Cannon Cockers who have gone before them with a memorial service, inducted new members into the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara, and added some levity with a homemade trebuchet competition. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price/Released)

Pfc. Jonathan Linares, a gunner with Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, stands ready for the next fire mission of his team’s M777 howitzer aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 23, 2015. Processing fire missions is one of the most important forms of training for an artillery team. (U.S. Marine photo by Pvt. Robert Bliss/Released) - Pfc. Jonathan Linares, a gunner with Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, stands ready for the next fire mission of his team’s M777 howitzer aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 23, 2015. Processing fire missions is one of the most important forms of training for an artillery team. (U.S. Marine photo by Pvt. Robert Bliss/Released)