MTX 4-23

Mountain Training Exercise, 4-23

Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Ca.

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"Marines from 2nd Battalion 23d Marine Regiment will conduct mountain training exercises aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport allowing Marines to sustain warfighting functions while participating in realistic combat training in a mountainous environment. The purpose of MTX is to facilitate increased readiness and to challenge units’ ability to plan and perform."

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Inspecting the Raven-B, Lance Cpl. Thomas G. Dilzer, an intelligence specialist for 1st Marine Division, prepares the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for a training flight in windy conditions. 12 Marines from various units here attended the Raven-B RQ-11 course taught by Applied Techniques Corporation for ten training days to learn the capabilities and operation procedures necessary to fly reconnaissance operations here and overseas.

Inspecting the RQ-11B, Lance Cpl. Thomas G. Dilzer, an intelligence specialist for 1st Marine Division, prepares the unmanned aerial vehicle for a training flight in windy conditions at Camp Pendleton, Calif., February 11, 2011. The RQ-11B, or Raven B, is the only UAV currently also used by the Marines of 25th Marine Regiment. A group of unmanned aerial vehicle operators and support personnel from Headquarters Company, 25th Marine Regiment and 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment ventured out into a snowy morning March 9 to conduct practice flights at Devens Reserve Forces Training Area. The flights mark the first time UAVs have been employed by the regiment.

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Tags: 25th Marines, MARFFORRES, 4th Marine Divison, UAV, 25th Marine Regiment, edwards, Marine Forces Reserve

Photo by: Cpl. Tatum Vayavananda | VIRIN: 110208-M-XQ158-001.JPG

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