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    Fighting Fifth conducts command and control tactics training during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2013 [Image 3 of 4]

    Fighting Fifth conducts command and control tactics training during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2013

    MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, UNITED STATES

    05.03.2013

    Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez 

    1st Marine Division

    Colonel Roger Turner, the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, commander, gives a brief to his Marines before beginning a rehearsal of concept drill during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. Desert Scimitar is a combined arms exercise focused on the training and preparation of 1st Marine Division for deployment as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The headquarters element of the "Fighting Fifth" exercised traditional warfare command and control tactics over infantrymen serving with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, and 1st Bn., 7th Marines; artillery with 2nd Bn., 11th Marines; armored assets of 1st Tank Bn.; and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn. during Desert Scimitar.

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    Date Taken: 05.03.2013
    Date Posted: 05.06.2013 21:14
    Photo ID: 924491
    VIRIN: 130503-M-PH863-003
    Resolution: 3000x2100
    Size: 2.61 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US

    Web Views: 38
    Downloads: 3

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