Lance Cpl. Jeremy Phares, rifleman, left, rides in an amphibious assault vehicle Aug. 15 during a live-fire exercise here with Company L, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Company L spent five days in the field during the unit’s first sea-based training since becoming a complete Marine air ground task force in May. The company disembarked USS New Orleans off Pendleton’s coast and was driven ashore by amphibious assault vehicles. A platoon of tracked vehicles from 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Camp Pendleton, reinforces the Pendleton-based 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. The platoon provides the go-to means of maneuver for Company L. Phares is a 22-year-old Orange, Texas, native.
| Date Taken: | 08.15.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 08.21.2011 22:44 |
| Photo ID: | 445940 |
| VIRIN: | 110815-M-EE799-053 |
| Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
| Size: | 1.45 MB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 33 |
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