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Marines with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company used F470 Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts to ride the waves of Thorofare Bay during a week-long training exercise at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic, North Carolina, April 23-28.
The training was a building block for 2nd ANGLICO’s upcoming international exercise known as Burmese Chase.
“We are training the Marines on ANGLICO’s training and readiness manual for small boating operations,” said Capt. Chad Ernst, a fire power control team leader with 2nd ANGLICO. “The training is in preparation for an international exercise called Burmese Chase, in which we will partner with members of the 148 Battery of the British Royal Commandos, Netherlands’ 25th Reconnaissance Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron and a few other NATO nations.”
The training exercise allowed the Marines of 2nd ANGLICO to operate in small boats and perform a variety of amphibious missions.
“This training improves our mission readiness by teaching the Marines how to operate the boats, conduct surface waterborne operations and how to conduct beach landing site operations,” said Ernst. “All of these skills are essential to have in the event of a mission that involves boating operations.”
Not only did the Marines refine their small-boat operations skills, but they also learned responsibilities of their specific roles.
“This assists the Marines’ ability to understand their specific roles on the boats,” said Ernst. “[The training] allows them to work together as a team which will enable them to execute missions during Burmese Chase in a more effective manner.”
For the Marines in the unit, this training is indispensable because it provides the amphibious factor the Marine Corps is known for.
“Over the last 20 years, the Marine Corps has been mostly operating in desert terrain,” said Sgt. Christopher Kelsey, a radio chief with the unit. “This training allows us to get back to what the Marine Corps is supposed to be, ‘by land and sea.’”
By experiencing the physical difficulties to training operations, Marines
learn to work together and build the unit cohesion required in real-life scenarios.
“This training is challenging because you have to communicate, but you also have to be very silent,” said Kelsey. “Doing this makes you work and it makes you really know how the Marines to your left and right work. It helps you know your brothers-in-arms a lot better.”
The Marines of 2nd ANGLICO will continue to prepare to work with partner nations at Burmese Chase in May 2017.
| Date Taken: | 04.27.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 04.28.2017 15:22 |
| Story ID: | 231986 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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