WTI 2-24: Assault Support Tactics 2 [Image 8 of 15]

CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS AERIAL GUNNERY RANGE, CA, UNITED STATES

04.10.2024

Photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio 

Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. William Gomez, left, a communications technician, Atlanta, Georgia native, and Cpl. Don Bannister, a radio operator, Athens, Georgia native, both assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, set up a pole to establish a high-frequency radio to communicate with aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)

• Date Taken: 04.10.2024
• Date Posted: 04.18.2024 18:15
• Photo ID: 8341436
• VIRIN: 240410-M-GG122-1331
• Resolution: 7606x5073
• Size: 3.12 MB
• Location: CHOCOLATE MOUNTAINS AERIAL GUNNERY RANGE, CA, US
• Hometown: ATHENS, GA, US
• Hometown: ATLANTA, GA, US