Cpl Robert Basting, machine gunner, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14, fires a M240G machinegun from a fire support position during a platoon attack aboard Camp Adazi, Latvia, 9 April, 2014. The live fire event was designed to train the Marines and sailors how to breach an obstacle during an assault on an objective. This is the 11th iteration of the Summer Shield exercise, a joint staff planning and combined arms live fire maneuver event designed to enhance the Latvian Land Force’s capacity and capability to integrate fires and maneuver at the battalion and brigade level as well as increase partner capacity, promote regional stability and to continue to develop Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian and U.S. interoperability. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tanner M. Iskra, 2nd Marine Division Combat Camera, BSRF /Released)
Date Taken: | 04.09.2014 |
Date Posted: | 04.12.2014 05:22 |
Photo ID: | 1241896 |
VIRIN: | 140409-M-DG801-096 |
Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
Size: | 7.53 MB |
Location: | CAMP ADAZI, LV |
Web Views: | 161 |
Downloads: | 11 |
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