Marines


MTX 4-23

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Mountain Training Exercise, 4-23
Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Ca.

ABOUT 

"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."

 

MTX 4-23 PHOTO GALLERY
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Assisted by an Iraqi interpreter, Capt. Joseph Graves, a platoon commander with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, works with an Iraqi Police officer to defuse a public disturbance during a training exercise July 21, 2008. The exercise was designed to teach Marines to work with Iraqi Security Forces in preparation for their 2008-2009 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although he served as a communications officer while on active duty, Graves had the opportunity to go infantry in the reserves.

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