MTX 2022

Mountain Warfare Training Exercise (MTX) 2022

Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC), Bridgeport, Calif.

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Mountain Warfare Training Exercise (MTX) 2022 sees 1st Battalion, 24th Marines (Reinforced) conducting Mountain Exercise 4-22 aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., in order to sustain individual warfighting proficiency and improve, sustain, and evaluate company-level offensive and defensive tasks as well as battalion-level planning and command and control.

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Montford Point Marine receives Congressional Gold Medal

Staff photo by DARWIN WEIGEL Elmer Mackall, 87, of Prince Frederick received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award bestowed by congress, Tuesday at Gray Ray Post 220 of the American Legion in Prince Frederick. Mackall was among the first black Americans to join the Marines and train at Montford Point in North Carolina in preparation for WWII duty for the Guadalcanal Campaign in the South Pacific. Behind him from left is U.S. Marine Lt. Col. David Johnson, his son Ronald Mackall and Azizi Wesmiller of Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski's (D-Md.) office who worked to get Mackall recognized.

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Tags: MarForRes, 2D CAG, 2nd Civil Affairs Group, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Darwin Weigel | VIRIN: 140723-M-OL895-001.JPG

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