Squad leader Sgt. Jonathan C. Parker begins a patrol Aug. 16 during training 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. Parker is a 24-year-old Lake Havasu City, Ariz., native.
| Date Taken: | 08.16.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 08.21.2011 22:44 |
| Photo ID: | 445941 |
| VIRIN: | 110816-M-EE799-014 |
| Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
| Size: | 1.79 MB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIF., CALIFORNIA, US |
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