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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Marines with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion conducted an integrated live fire (ILF) evaluation aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 2, 2014.
This was the second of two evaluations Company D conducted before being attached to Battalion Landing Team 31, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Jones, 1st LAR battalion gunner, explained the purpose of the event was to assess Company D's ability to successfully employ all weapon systems organic to the unit in a live fire environment.
The company employed everything from the Light Armored Vehicle mounted 25mm cannon and TOW missile systems, down to the individual Marines' M4s.
Jones explained the training scenario tasked the company with locating and destroying an enemy fuel and ammunition resupply point, aggressively engaging any enemy targets when in contact, while setting up a defensive screen for the main body of forces to conduct its mission elsewhere. Notionally, Companies A, B and C of 1st LAR were to Delta's left and right flanks conducting similar missions, with 5th Marine Regiment as the main body.
To achieve this mission, Company D had to tactically navigate through the mountainous terrain of Twentynine Palms while successfully spotting and engaging enemy forces and employing the weapons system appropriate for a given target or disengaging and providing support for another vehicle better tailored to the threat.
“The mission was in challenging terrain with a challenging time line, so it provided a unique training experience,” said Capt. Timothy Kronjager, 1st LAR Bn. operations officer. “It was on a range in Twentynine Palms that we haven’t used before, so it was a good experience for the Marines to adapt to the unknown.”
Having done similar evaluations in the past, this was another chance for the Marines to test their skills, he added.
“This is their core mission,” Jones said. “For some of them, this was the first time doing this kind of scenario in this kind of environment. It was definitely an improvement, and a lot of lessons were learned that we can use for future exercises and real world application.”
| Date Taken: | 10.02.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 10.10.2014 12:49 |
| Story ID: | 144867 |
| Location: | TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US |
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