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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Lance Cpl. Francis Grenham, an Echo Company machine gunner from Dedham, Mass., employs his M240B machine gun in support of a platoon attack during a live-fire training exercise here July 1, 2008. Grenham is assisted by his team leader, Cpl. Keith Anderson. A junior at Southern Maine University and an environmental science major, Grenham intends to serve overseas in the U.S. Peace Corps after completing his reserve commitment and graduating from the university. Anderson, a Millersville, Pa. native, is a construction contractor headed for his second tour in Iraq.