U.S. Marines with H&S Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, rappel down a cliff during a training event at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 22, 2022, for Mountain Training Exercise 4-22. MTX 4-22 allowed reserve Marines to participate in mountain warfare operations for realistic combat training in order to facilitate increased readiness for the Marine Forces Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan L. Gonzalez)

MTX 2022

Mountain Warfare Training Exercise (MTX) 2022

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

ABOUT

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.

MTX 2022 PHOTO GALLERY

3/14 Rains Fire During FIRE EX

Sgt. Julian Gomez III, a section chief with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, gives the command to fire an M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer to Lance Cpl. James Whearry, a field artilleryman with 3rd Bn. 14th Marines, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister, a battalion fire exercise, Oct. 25, 2014. Field artillerymen receive various call-for-fire scenarios, some requiring them to fire a certain number of rounds in a given time, others require precision shooting involving each gun in the battery as well as other batteries combined. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

Download Image: Full Size (2.27 MB)

Tags: MarForRes, Marines, howitzer, Cpl. J. Gage Karwick, marine reserve, artillery, M777A2 Howitzer, Marine Reservist, Pennsylvania, Cannoneer, 14th Marines, 3rd Battalion 14th Marine Regiment, 3/14, Field artillery, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve, Fort Indiantown Gap

Photo by: Cpl. J. Gage Karwick | VIRIN: 141026-M-BC491-142.JPG

Photo Gallery