Marines with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division embrace the impact from the M777A2 155 mm, medium, towed howitzer during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 20, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Desert Scimitar allows Division units to train in order to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands.