Lance Cpl. Chance Mixon, 26, a dog handler from Bridgeport, Texas, uses hand signals to direct his improvised explosive device detection dog to begin searching for a training aid containing homemade explosive residue during Enhanced Mojave Viper. Dog handlers with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion participated in a three-day training exercise, putting their dogs in different situations and environments to help prepare them for a deployment to Afghanistan. Enhanced Mojave Viper is the Marine Corps’ desert warfare training program used to prepare Marines for tours in Afghanistan.
| Date Taken: | 08.13.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 08.20.2010 21:26 |
| Photo ID: | 311089 |
| VIRIN: | 100813-M-5160M-081 |
| Resolution: | 2544x1696 |
| Size: | 802.05 KB |
| Location: | TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 116 |
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