Composite Training Unit Exercise [Image 6 of 9]

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES

12.18.2011

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein 

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Lance Cpl. Tommy Bahr, a rifleman with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security during a raid training scenario at the Operations in Urban Terrain training facility aboard Camp Lejeune, Dec. 18. The Marines were inserted on Camp Lejeune from amphibious ships of Amphibious Squadron 8 positioned 3-5 miles off the coast of North Carolina with the task of assaulting an enemy position inland. The training was a culminating event as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise, a three-week exercise with 24th MEU embarked at sea to develop cohesion with PHIBRON 8 in conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations while operating from the sea.

• Date Taken: 12.18.2011
• Date Posted: 12.20.2011 09:17
• Photo ID: 502187
• VIRIN: 111218-M-RU378-287
• Resolution: 5616x3744
• Size: 5.89 MB
• Location: CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US