ITX 4-24

Integrated Training Exercise, 4-24

Twentynine Palms, Ca.

ABOUT

ITX is the premier annual training event for the Marine Corps Reserve. ITX 4-24 enhances combat readiness, exercises MAGTF command and control, and this year, led by the 23rd Marine Regiment Headquarters, involves 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines; 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines; Marine Aircraft Group 41; and Combat Logistics Battalion 23.This live-fire exercise combines infantry, artillery, aircraft, and combat logistics to train battalion and squadron-sized units in combined-arms maneuver. Approximately 4279 Marines and Sailors from Marine Forces Reserve are mobilizing for Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23's Integrated Training Exercise 4-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Media Contact Information

Name: 1st Lt. Quiarra Barros
Address: 2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone: (504) 913-4445
eMail: quiarra.barros.mil@usmc.mil

ITX 4-24 VIDEO GALLERY

PRESS RELEASES / ARTICLES

Press Release: Marine Corps Reserve Begins Pinnacle Training at Warfighting Center in California
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Approximately 4,279 Marines and Sailors from Marine Forces Reserve are mobilizing from across the country to form Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23 and conduct Integrated...

ITX 4-24 PHOTO GALLERY

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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