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    Functioning on flexibility: ‘America’s Battalion’ bolsters air-ground task force capabilities for Afghanistan

    MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    09.21.2011

    Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder  

    Marine Corps Base Hawaii

    Brig. Gen. Frederick Padilla, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Division, greets Lance Cpl. Jack Becker, a team leader with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, while Becker digs in his defensive position during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 3 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 21, 2011. The two-day evolution — part of the Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise — enabled "America's Battalion" to improve its capabilities as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The exercise is their final pre-deployment training event before deploying to Afghanistan's Helmand province next month to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Becker, 20, is from Chesterfield, Ind.

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    Date Taken: 09.21.2011
    Date Posted: 09.24.2011 11:59
    Photo ID: 462123
    VIRIN: 110921-M-MM918-001
    Resolution: 2100x1400
    Size: 2.34 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US

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