Marines with the tank platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire the M256 smoothbore gun of four M1A1 Abrams tanks during a live-fire training exercise at Camp Roberts, Calif., March 20. Realistic Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise 14-1 allows the Marines and sailors of the 11th MEU the opportunity to employ techniques and tactics applicable to their future deployment. RUTMEUEX incorporates the majority of the ground combat element, aviation combat element, logistics combat element and command element of the MEU for the first time in the predeployment cycle. - Marines with the tank platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire the M256 smoothbore gun of four M1A1 Abrams tanks during a live-fire training exercise at Camp Roberts, Calif., March 20. Realistic Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise 14-1 allows the Marines and sailors of the 11th MEU the opportunity to employ techniques and tactics applicable to their future deployment. RUTMEUEX incorporates the majority of the ground combat element, aviation combat element, logistics combat element and command element of the MEU for the first time in the predeployment cycle.
Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit transport a prefabricated bridge over a creek during a community outreach project near Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 22. Chaplains with the 11th MEU coordinated volunteers from the unit’s major subordinate elements to help beautify a walking path belonging to Mission San Antonio. Since the mission is located just outside of the base, it served as an optimal volunteer opportunity while the unit executed pre-deployment training as part of Realistic Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (RUTMEUEX) 14-1. - Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit transport a prefabricated bridge over a creek during a community outreach project near Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 22. Chaplains with the 11th MEU coordinated volunteers from the unit’s major subordinate elements to help beautify a walking path belonging to Mission San Antonio. Since the mission is located just outside of the base, it served as an optimal volunteer opportunity while the unit executed pre-deployment training as part of Realistic Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (RUTMEUEX) 14-1.
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, employ nonlethal crowd control techniques during the Crisis Response Course, Special Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, here Feb.19. The course simulated the reinforcement of a consulate in the Pacific region, a potential mission during the 11th MEU’s deployment later this summer. - Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, employ nonlethal crowd control techniques during the Crisis Response Course, Special Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, here Feb.19. The course simulated the reinforcement of a consulate in the Pacific region, a potential mission during the 11th MEU’s deployment later this summer.
Lance Cpl. John Lemar, a scout sniper with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, and a Hartsville, Tenn. native, practices traversing using spring-loaded camming devices during the Assault Climber Course here Feb.12. A team of instructors trained Marines to become qualified assault climbers. Their new skillset is an asset gained for the 11th MEU’s ensuing deployment later this summer. - Lance Cpl. John Lemar, a scout sniper with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, and a Hartsville, Tenn. native, practices traversing using spring-loaded camming devices during the Assault Climber Course here Feb.12. A team of instructors trained Marines to become qualified assault climbers. Their new skillset is an asset gained for the 11th MEU’s ensuing deployment later this summer.