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Marines with General Support Motor Transport Company Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group took part in the fording and self-recovery training for a 7-ton truck and other vehicles at Camp Johnson, North Carolina, Aug. 19.
The training prepared the Marines to use various techniques needed to winch, synch and wade their way through various terrain obstacles that might bog down their vehicles.
The recovery process increases the Marines’ self-sufficiency by allowing them to use their vehicles’ winch and hook, which can pull the vehicles’ weight.
“We all do every position for the self-recovery,” said Lance Cpl. Isacc Davis, a motor transport operator with the company. The Marines worked in groups of four and six for the self-recovery portion of the training.
“We slowly put tension on the winch and, once it is tight, we set up our ground guides,” said Davis. “With one [guide] in the front of the truck and one in the back, the driver can operate the winch from the inside of the truck or from the outside of the truck.” The guides relay information to the winch operator from their vantage points around vehicle.
An assistance instructor for the fording and self-recovery training, Cpl. Jonathan Flores, said the training gets the Marines out of their normal day-to-day operations, keeps them tuned in to working as a team, and boosts unit morale.
“This training is something they needed to know, and they don’t really have the chance to get hands on work with the winch,” said Flores. “This training familiarizes the Marines with the capabilities of the vehicles and lets them build confidence in their own skill set.”
The group pushed the vehicles to a limit that would give the Marines confidence in the vehicles capabilities, added Flores. From there, the Marines could explore the capabilities of the 7-ton’s winch system and gain familiarity with the fording kit used on Humvees, which allowed the Marines to drive through approximately four feet of water during the training.
In a field environment, the regiment’s Marines could use similar techniques to cross a river or pull a truck out of sand and mud.
Once the each team successfully recovered or forded their vehicle, they detached the equipment, switched teams, and took time to discuss the details of each operation.
They can use this knowledge in future field environments and share it with their fellow Marines, noted Flores. In either event, he added, it was nice to get the Marines out and doing something different.
| Date Taken: | 08.19.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2014 10:12 |
| Story ID: | 140657 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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