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Marines Test Combat Skills
M
arines and sailors of Com- bat Logistics Battalion 5 (CLB-5), 1st Marine Logistics
Group tested their combat skills during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-16 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Since mid-Jan- uary, the Marines have refi ned their skills through various scenario-based exercises. The ITX, designed to prepare units for
future combat operations, combines the ground, logistics, and air-combat elements of a Marine air-ground task force and eval- uates the participating units on their abil- ity to support operations while deployed.
PHOTO: CPL. CARSON GRAMLEY, USMC “For us, this is an opportunity to grow
and receive an assessment on our training from an outside source that is not biased,” says Marine Corps Capt. Nicholas Rice, assistant operations offi cer for headquar- ters and service company, CLB-5. During the ITX, Marines were in-
structed and graded on training events such as convoy operations, mass-casualty simulations, and indirect-fi re drills, spe- cifi cally designed to simulate realistic operations the Marines might face while supporting the 1st Marine Division during a deployment.
— Cpl. Carson Gramley, USMC MAY 2016 MILITARY OFFICER 19
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