Battalion Landing Team 3/2 conducts Fire Support Coordination Exercise

Photo By Sgt. Theodore Ritchie | Navy Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dale Wagner, naval gunfire liaison officer with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, coordinates a fire mission with USS Anzio, a Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser with the Bataan Strike Group, during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 20. The FSCEX took place in order to give the Marines the training they need to effectively call in artillery, naval gunfire, mortars or air support. The 22nd MEU is scheduled for a deployment next spring.  

CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

11.20.2008

Story by Cpl. Theodore Ritchie 

22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

By Theodore Ritchie
22nd Marine Expenditionary Unit

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted a Fire Support Coordination Exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 19-20.

The FSCEX took place in order to give the Marines the training they need to effectively call in artillery, naval gunfire, mortars or air support. The 22nd MEU is scheduled for a deployment next spring.

• Date Taken: 11.20.2008
• Date Posted: 12.08.2008 16:15
• Story ID: 27341
• Location: CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US