'Every Marine a Rifleman' during training package in Djibouti [Image 1 of 6]

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIB, DJIBOUTI

10.07.2012

Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert L. Fisher III  

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Cpl. Kenneth G. Marks (right), 25, a squad leader with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, explains the patrol route to Cpl. Raphael Padilla, 32, a food service specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th MEU, while training in the coastal mountains of Djibouti, Oct. 7, 2012. Non-infantry Marines like Padilla, with CLB-24, trained alongside their infantry brethren from Bravo Company during a three-week training package to gain a shared understanding of each other's roles in the Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force for U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

• Date Taken: 10.07.2012
• Date Posted: 10.19.2012 10:30
• Photo ID: 747272
• VIRIN: 121007-M-HF911-178
• Resolution: 2808x1872
• Size: 3.79 MB
• Location: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIB, DJ