U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Bennett, a small unmanned aircraft systems operator with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, launches an RQ-20 Puma as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 2, 2023. The Marines and Sailors of 3rd Bn., 4th Marines, are leading the way during the second phase of Infantry Battalion Experiment, a service-level campaign to inform the future force design of the infantry battalion to conduct expeditionary, offensive and defensive operations. Steel Knight is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Bennett is a native of Fort Myers, Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabriel Antwiler)
Date Taken: | 12.02.2023 |
Date Posted: | 12.11.2023 12:59 |
Photo ID: | 8161100 |
VIRIN: | 231202-M-RK059-1076 |
Resolution: | 3865x2577 |
Size: | 678.73 KB |
Location: | TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US |
Hometown: | FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, US |
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