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First Lt. Michael Smith, a Lakeville, Mass., native, and platoon commander for 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks with his Marines May 5, 2012, before conducting a mock assault as part of the training to prepare for exercise Eager Lion12. During Eager Lion 12 the 24th MEU will participate in a variety of training exercises with partnered nations at different locations throughout the country to increase interoperability and learn about other countries' militaries. Eager Lion 12 is a recurring, multi-national exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach to future complex national security challenges. The 24th MEU, partnered with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is currently deployed to the Central Command area of operations as a theater reserve and crisis response force capable of a variety of missions from full-scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
| Date Taken: | 05.05.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 05.15.2012 00:02 |
| Photo ID: | 580047 |
| VIRIN: | 120505-M-TK324-067 |
| Resolution: | 4080x2720 |
| Size: | 1.2 MB |
| Location: | PETRA, JO |
| Web Views: | 740 |
| Downloads: | 59 |
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