Training challenges Marines to balance mission with search for IEDs

Photo By Spc. Leigh Campbell | Marines scan the Central Training Area after locating a simulated improvised explosive device during convoy operations training March 16.  

CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

03.23.2007

Courtesy Story

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

By Lance Cpl. Richard Blumenstein
III Marine Expeditionary Force PAO

CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, Japan -- More than 40 Marines with 2nd Platoon, Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4 participated in convoy operations training March 15-18 in the Central Training Area.

The training focused on teaching the Marines how to respond to improvised explosive devices and enemy personnel while completing mission objectives, according to 1st Lt. Kassandra C. Babin, the 2nd platoon commander with Motor Transportation Co.

The majority of Marines running the scenarios were Iraq veterans, and a lot of the training came from lessons learned there, said Cpl. Rodolfo R. Ortiz, a motor vehicle operator and an instructor during the training.

• Date Taken: 03.23.2007
• Date Posted: 03.23.2007 11:34
• Story ID: 9591
• Location: CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JP