Last week, we reported on a military exercise taking place on the Twentynine Palms Marine base, in which the Marines were training to “rescue” civilians out of a foreign country. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about the non-combatant evacuation operation…
“Basically we are told this country, they need help, and they have a lot of US citizens that they need to evacuate. So it’s our job to basically come here, secure this landing zone, without being harassed by protesters. And it’s our job to basically ensure that all Americans get evacuated.”
SSgt Damian Salaman said Marines are sent in to help with evacuations overseas for a variety of reasons: including civil unrest, military uprisings, environmental concerns, and natural disasters. The evacuations are recommended (or ordered) by the Department of State, and the Defense Department sends in the Marines. The NEO training was part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors course at the Combat Center in Twenty
Last week, we reported on a military exercise taking place on the Twentynine Palms Marine base, in which the Marines were training to “rescue” civilians out of a foreign country. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about the non-combatant evacuation operation…
“Basically we are told this country, they need help, and they have a lot of US citizens that they need to evacuate. So it’s our job to basically come here, secure this landing zone, without being harassed by protesters. And it’s our job to basically ensure that all Americans get evacuated.”
SSgt Damian Salaman said Marines are sent in to help with evacuations overseas for a variety of reasons: including civil unrest, military uprisings, environmental concerns, and natural disasters. The evacuations are recommended (or ordered) by the Department of State, and the Defense Department sends in the Marines. The NEO training was part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors course at the Combat Center in Twenty
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Integrated Training Exercise, or ITX, is a training exercise on the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms that focuses on the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver warfare. ITX provides service-level assessments of battalion-size units and their associated combat support, combat service support, and aviation assets while conducting live-fire training. The purpose of ITX is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment are currently training in Fire Support Coordination Exercise, a sub-event of Integrated Training Exercise 3-21.
Thelma, a desert tortoise at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site Compound, eats a broccoli floret on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. The TRCRS site and Head Start Program, run by the MCAGCC Environmental Affairs directorate is a part of t
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