MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Lance Cpl. Jared Edwards (right), a team leader, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, talks to a role-player acting as an Afghan National Army soldier while conducting a mock raid during the Integrated Training Exercise here, Aug. 12, 2013. Edwards, 21, a native of Arvada, Colo., speaks Pashtu, which enables him to communicate with the role-players. The Marines assume a supporting role while deployed to Afghanistan by letting the ANA and the Afghan National Police lead in combat operations. The ITX is a training exercise held to prepare Marines prior to their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
130812-M-HQ487-505.JPG Photo By: Cpl. Corey Dabney

Aug 29, 2013
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Lance Cpl. Jared Edwards (right), a team leader, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, talks to a role-player acting as an Afghan National Army soldier while conducting a mock raid during the Integrated Training Exercise here, Aug. 12, 2013. Edwards, 21, a native of Arvada, Colo., speaks Pashtu, which enables him to communicate with the role-players. The Marines assume a supporting role while deployed to Afghanistan by letting the ANA and the Afghan National Police lead in combat operations. The ITX is a training exercise held to prepare Marines prior to their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.


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