Marines with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a training assault, May 5, 2012, as a part of their preparation for exercise Eager Lion 12. 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: | 580050 |
VIRIN: | 120505-M-TK324-114 |
Resolution: | 4080x2720 |
Size: | 1.05 MB |
Location: | PETRA, JO |
Web Views: | 803 |
Downloads: | 51 |
This work, Eager Lion 12 [Image 16 of 16], by LCpl Tucker Wolf, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.