Brig. Gen. Frederick Padilla, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Division, greets Lance Cpl. Jack Becker, a team leader with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, while Becker digs in his defensive position during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 3 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 21, 2011. The two-day evolution — part of the Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise — enabled "America's Battalion" to improve its capabilities as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The exercise is their final pre-deployment training event before deploying to Afghanistan's Helmand province next month to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Becker, 20, is from Chesterfield, Ind.
| Date Taken: | 09.21.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 09.24.2011 11:59 |
| Photo ID: | 462123 |
| VIRIN: | 110921-M-MM918-001 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1400 |
| Size: | 2.34 MB |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US |
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