22nd MEU trains with Israel Defense Forces [Image 14 of 18]

HAIFA, ISRAEL

03.05.2014

Photo by Cpl. Manuel Estrada 

22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier explains how the IDF automated 120 mm mortar system works within an armored personnel carrier to U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Mann, left, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), operations chief and native of Sellersville, Pa., and Lance Cpl. Janzen Eckols, BLT 1/6 cannoneer and native of Kosse, Texas, during a bilateral training exercise with the IDF in Israel, March 5, 2014. The MEU is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

• Date Taken: 03.05.2014
• Date Posted: 03.11.2014 19:05
• Photo ID: 1184276
• VIRIN: 140305-M-MX805-225
• Resolution: 2471x1647
• Size: 944.66 KB
• Location: HAIFA, IL
• Hometown: KOSSE, TX, US
• Hometown: SELLERSVILLE, PA, US