Composite Training Unit Exercise [Image 9 of 9]

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES

12.18.2011

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein 

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, rush toward a building at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain training facility aboard Camp Lejeune, during a raid training scenario 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 the 24th MEU embarked at sea to develop cohesion Amphibious Squadron 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 09:15
• Photo ID: 502190
• VIRIN: 111218-M-RU378-496
• Resolution: 5616x3744
• Size: 7.02 MB
• Location: CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US