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. Sean Burke, a Reserve Marine from Company E, 2/25, searches inside a stove for hidden explosive equipment during a training exercise here June 26, 2008. A select group of reserve Marines bound for Iraq came to the Joint Center of Excellence's Search and Tactical Site Exploitation course as part of their predeployment training. Burke put his junior year of college at Temple University on hold for his first deployment overseas.