Marines


MTX 4-23

FOURTH MARDIV LOGO
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
20080626-M-0493G-051.jpg
After uncovering a buried weapons cache in the desert, Lance Cpl. Alexander Vassilopoulos uses an F-3 metal detector to look for other caches in the area during a training exercise here June 26, 2008. Cpl. Joseph Shutta calls in the report. Under the mentorship of course instructors, reserve Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment learned to identify common markings used by insurgents to hide weapons, explosives and other items underground. Both Vassilopoulos and Shutta are assaultmen with Weapons Company, 2/25.