Exercise Tartan Eagle Phase One, U.S. Marines and British Royal Marines [Image 16 of 33]

CHESAPEAKE, VA, UNITED STATES

09.17.2021

Photo by Sgt. Kealiiholokaikeikiokalani De Los Santos 

Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Stedji Legros, a rifleman and Recapture Tactics Team (RTT) section leader with RTT, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, and a British Royal Marine with 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines conduct stairway close-quarters battle (CQB) techniques during exercise Tartan Eagle at Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex, Chesapeake, Virginia, Sept. 17, 2021. CQB training along stairs allowed U.S. Marines to develop their skills alongside British Royal Marines with a similar occupation field to efficiently engage an enemy from a vertical angle. Exercise Tartan Eagle is a bilateral biyearly training exercise for the U.S. military and British Royal Marines to train close-quarters battle strategy and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kealii De Los Santos)

• Date Taken: 09.17.2021
• Date Posted: 09.22.2021 17:12
• Photo ID: 6850438
• VIRIN: 210917-M-MA011-1103
• Resolution: 4417x2945
• Size: 979.13 KB
• Location: CHESAPEAKE, VA, US
• Hometown: BANGOR, WA, US