ITX-5-19

Marine Forces Reserve ITX-5-19 Page.

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Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 5-19 is a live-fire and maneuver combined arms exercise designed to train battalion and squadron-sized units in tactics, techniques, and procedures required to provide a sustainable and ready operational reserve for employment across the full spectrum of crisis and global engagement.

ITX 5-19 is an essential component of the MARFORRES training and readiness cycle. It serves as the principal exercise for assessing a unit's capabilities.

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4th Marine Division Commanding General visits Marines at Exercise Heavy Metal 2013

Brig. Gen. James S. Hartsell, 4th Marine Division commanding general, tours the training area with Lt. Col. Charles Long, 6th Motor Transport Battalion inspector instructor, at Forward Observation Base Rhino during Exercise Heavy Metal 2013 here, June 19. Hartsell attended the exercise to oversee more than 2,000 of his Marines participating in the exercise. Heavy Metal 2013 is the second year the exercise has been offered as an outlet for Marines on Reserve duty to complete their annual training. The exercise brings together units from across the country to form a single task force. The training also includes counter-improvised-explosive-device convoy courses, combat life saving, and numerous firing ranges to name a few. Heavy Metal will conclude at the end of June.

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Tags: 6th Motor Transport Battalion, 4th Marine Division

Photo by: Sgt. Frans Labranche | VIRIN: 130619-M-QS906-906.JPG

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Reserve Marines train at ITX 5-19 in preparation of deployment to Okinawa, Japan
Reserve U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, joined forces with their active duty counterparts to support Integrated Training Exercise 5-19, at Marine Corps Air...