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Archive: April, 2009

1/5 finishes deployment preparations

Marines from Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, conducted a two day platoon movement and live-fire drill field operation before their upcoming deployment. The Marines had a designated drop off site where they began their platoon movements toward Range 218A for their live fire drills. During the platoon movements, the Marines practiced

Marines learn multiple weapon systems during artillery machine gun course

Students in the 11th Marine Regiment Artillery Training School are attending a two-week machine-gun course that gives non-commissioned officers the tools to teach their Marines about different weapon systems.The course shows Marines how to correctly load, unload, and clear the weapons, how to perform a weapons function check, and how to apply the

Marines hone cross-training, demolition

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment participated in a demolition shoot here Apr. 13-18 to refine the skills of assaultmen and cross-train basic riflemen.They built different types of breaching and repelling explosive charges, including oval charges, Bangalore torpedoes, field-expedient grape shots, doughnut charges and uliknot slider

Communications Company goes back to basics

Marines from Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, re-familiarized themselves with land navigation skills during a 72-hour training exercise here at Camp Margarita Apr. 15.“Comm. company is trying to maintain their basic Marine skills in land nav and maintain their proficiency,” said 1st Lt. Martin Minnich, 33, the executive officer for

Combat Engineer Battalion once again deploys as a whole

First Combat Engineer Battalion continues to prepare for their deployment to Afghanistan.“The mission is to help our Marines be able to move around in the battlefield,” said Lt. Col. Michael Callanan, commanding officer, CEB. “It’s going to take a lot of attacking the impovised explosive device network.” “Afghans are skilled fighters,” added

Band of brothers: Marines play melodious chords

The 1st Marine Division Band showed off their talents to families, fellow servicemembers and the general public during a free concert Apr. 22-23 at the California Center for the Arts here. The band consists of 50 Marine musicians, who in addition to providing musical support for military parades and ceremonies, have also drawn their rifles in

Artillery Marines conduct pre-deployment training

Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment participated in a battalion fires exercise to enhance their skills here Apr. 6-10.The training exercise consisted of firing missions, locating targets, coordinating illumination and a battalion mass shoot. “The focus for this operation is to exercise the timeliness, correct procedure and rehearsal

Dogs help clear a path for Marines overseas

Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion have taken on the challenge of route clearance using specially-trained dogs that can find improvised explosive devices. The Marines attended a six-week course to learn how to work with the IED-detection dogs.“All the dogs are Labrador retrievers, between the age of 1 and 3, and are prior hunting dogs,”

Marines use teamwork to prepare for final exercise

Teamwork is something instilled in Marines during boot camp and is carried on throughout their tour of duty, and teamwork was present in Marines training for war at Mojave Viper.Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment participated in a clear-hold-build exercise here Mar. 26.This was the third and final clear-hold-build exercise of Mojave

Squad rushes take Marines to next level

Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment completed the final event of Mojave Viper with an urban assault exercise Apr. 2.The month-long training evolution, known as Mojave Viper, is the Marine Corps’ pre-deployment training package that teaches Marines the skills and tactics for operations in a desert environment.“It was definitely a smoker.

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