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    8th ESB Marines integrate animal packers in preparation for a force-on-force exercise [Image 1 of 6]

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    8th ESB Marines integrate animal packers in preparation for a force-on-force exercise

    BRIDGEPORT, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    09.23.2022

    Photo by Cpl. Shane Beaubien 

    Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

    U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ryan Bartolo, a mountain warfare instructor with Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC), Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, calms a Mule during Mountain Exercise (MTX) 1-23 at MCMWTC, Bridgeport, California, Sept. 23, 2022. The purpose of the animal packer’s course is to teach personnel the necessary skills to enable them to load and maintain pack animals for military applications in remote and dangerous environments. Horses and pack animals were used during the initial phase of operations in Afghanistan, post 9/11. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shane T. Beaubien)

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    Date Taken: 09.23.2022
    Date Posted: 10.05.2022 20:07
    Photo ID: 7451579
    VIRIN: 220923-M-KC297-1064
    Resolution: 5991x4143
    Size: 14.31 MB
    Location: BRIDGEPORT, CALIFORNIA, US

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