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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4th Tanks send rounds down range on Camp Pendleton

Lance Cpl. Jesus Monroy, M1A1 tank crewman with Company A, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, listens to communications in the driver seat of a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during his annual training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 19, 2016. Marines fired the tanks to adjust their battle sight to zero before the main event of their annual training. The main event includes 36 hours of offensive and defensive operations where 4th Tanks will be engaging with a notional enemy with a company of 14 tanks. This is the first time in over a decade tanks have fired main gun rounds on Camp Pendleton.

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Tags: 4th Marine Division, usmc, tanks, Annual Training, Camp Pendleton, 4th Tank Bn. MARFORRES, Marine Corps, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Cpl. Gabrielle Quire | VIRIN: 160719-M-HX324-001.JPG

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