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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. –Combat Logistics Battalion 22 Marines enhanced their basic weapons handling skills in preparation for an upcoming global amphibious deployment in support of the 22 Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune, Dec. 15.
With the upcoming deployment, the unit prepared at the Battle Skills Training School here with crew-served automatic weapons required to handle any mission across the range of military operations.
Those mission-sets include theater security cooperation exercises with international partners, or serving as America’s premiere crises-response force in the Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleet area of operations, and even large-scale contingencies should they receive the order.
“I have an M240 Golf machine gun on my vehicle, and it’s critical for me to know that weapon system in case we need to employ it,” said Sgt. Jonathan Malszycki, an amphibious tracked vehicle mechanic.
Marines learned the nomenclature of crew-served weapons in a two week course. The weapon systems they studied were the M240G machine gun, M2 Browning .50 Cal machine gun, and the MK19 Grenade Launcher. The course utilized the “crawl, walk, run” method by starting in a classroom setting where the Marines worked through practical application and live-fire drills.
“What I like about this course is the balance between school work and hands on training,” said Seaman Jonathan Sablancruz, a hospital corpsman with CLB-22.
The school evaluated the Marines on every component of these weapon systems. The curriculum included learning to take apart each weapon system piece by piece, which was followed by assembly and disassembly drills in a timed environment designed to create stressful situations where the weapons would be employed.
Malszycki said that this course provided him a good overview and refresher on how to fire, fix and break down the weapon.
“Our unit’s participation in this course is the epitome of the ‘whole of Marine’ concept,” Malszycki added. “This type of training diversifies our skillsets and allows us to be better prepared to provide the best logistics support capability the 22 MEU can have.”
| Date Taken: | 12.15.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 12.17.2015 15:33 |
| Story ID: | 184813 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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