Marines


ITX 3-25

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Integrated Training Exercise 3-25
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
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Approximately 4275 Marines and Sailors from Marine Forces Reserve are mobilizing from across the country to form Marine Air-Ground Task Force 25 and conduct Integrated Training Exercise 3-25 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. ITX is a live-fire exercise combining infantry, artillery, aircraft, combat logistics, and all the supporting elements to train battalion and squadron-sized units in the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver, offensive and defensive operations during combat.

As the Marine Corps Reserve’s premier annual training event, ITX provides opportunities to mobilize geographically dispersed forces for a deployment; increase combat readiness and lethality; and exercise MAGTF command and control of battalions and squadrons across the full spectrum of warfare. This year’s ITX will be led by 25th Marine Regiment Headquarters as the command element; 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines and 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines as the ground combat element; Marine Aircraft Group 49 as the aviation combat element; and Combat Logistics Battalion 25 as the logistics combat element.

 

Media Contact Information

Name:  MFR CommStrat
Address:  2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone: (504) 697-9335

eMail:  mfrcommstrat@usmc.mil

news  /  PHOTOS  /  VIDEOS
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Connor Myshrall, a motor transportation operator with Truck Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, carries out logistics through operating trucks, sustaining the fight, and building the next generation of Marines.
Marines, Moroccans work hard, play hard during Exercise African Lion 13
Lance Corporal Corey D. Ramos, an Abilene, Texas, native and motor transportation mechanic assigned to Exercise African Lion 13 from 4th Maintenance Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, kicks a soccer ball past a Moroccan defender at the port here April 15, during a soccer game celebrating the success of a large-scale, joint port operation in preparation for the training engagement. Exercise African Lion is a U.S. Africa Command-scheduled, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Africa- led, joint multi-lateral exercise. In April, the joint task force consisting of U.S. Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen were able to conduct modified, joint training for Exercise African Lion 13, demonstrating their ability to adapt to unpredicted circumstances, restore mission essential tasks, build interoperability and create friendships during the remaining days of the evolution. The logistics component continue d to exercise vigilant, safe and rapid retrograde of almost 1,200 personnel and 250 short-tons of vehicles and equipment while working with Moroccan partners and contractors to sustain the force and redeploy them back to their home stations in a timely and efficient manner.

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