MTX 2022

Sgt. Neil Whelan, range staff with Northshore New Brunswick Regiment, Royal Canadian Regt., explains range operations to Cpl. John King-Kaplan, a fireteam leader with Company C, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, during a range when the Marines and Canadian soldiers came together to train partner nations on M4 Benelli Tactical Shotguns aboard Las Calderas Naval Base, Dominican Republic, June 21, 2014. U.S. Marines with C Co., 4th LE Bn., Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and soldiers with the Canadian Army are training police forces and militaries from 13 partner nations participating in phase II of Tradewinds 2014 held from June 16 through June 25. Tradewinds 2014 is a joint, combined exercise conducted in order to improve partner nation counter-transnational organized crime missions and humanitarian aid and disaster response operations capacity. The exercise is also designed to promote interoperability and multinational relationships throughout the theater. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jessica Ito/Released)