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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Approximately 40 Marines with 2nd Transportation Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, prepared for their support role in future exercises and deployments during a command post exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 9 to 12, 2015.
The battalion was scheduled to provide transportation and logistical support for 10th Marine Regiment during Rolling Thunder, a Marine Corps artillery exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., as its first major exercise since activating in October 2014. The CPX allowed the Marines, many of whom were new, to familiarize themselves with operations in the field while supporting other units.
“We’re going to be supporting 10th Marines with logistics,” said Lance Cpl. Thomas Warren, an intelligence specialist with the unit. “If they need food or water, beans or bullets, they’re going to call us. We have a lot of junior Marines, who don’t have a lot of experience, and training in the field is an incredible help because when we get out [to Rolling Thunder] they will know what to do.”
Computer-driven scenarios, such as notional convoys with improvised explosive device encounter reports, provided a means to train the junior Marines without taking vehicles and operators away from the rest of the battalion, which was still conducting routine operations in support of II Marine Expeditionary Force.
“The smaller exercises are a good first step to getting the battalion ready,” said Warren. “They let us know where our strong points are and our weak points are. We aren't in combat right now, but the training is helpful for whatever comes next. This is the first exercise for a lot of these Marines, and we all need to be ready for the next mission.”
Training operations enhance the efficiency of the unit, said Cpl. Chad Graber, a cyber-network operator and native of Wichita, Kan., and each exercise increases the effectiveness of the Marines conducting them. The expeditionary nature of the Marine Corps requires every Marine to be ready to deploy at a moment’s notice, and small exercises are just the first foundation.
“We pride ourselves on being mobile at all times and we need to show that we can be efficient, even in the field,” said Graber. “Low-level exercises help units figure out what they need to do, and then put that together as they go up the ladder to bigger exercises on the battalion level and higher. Once everything comes together we start to see the big picture.”
| Date Taken: | 02.11.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 02.11.2015 14:01 |
| Story ID: | 154215 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, US |
| Hometown: | WICHITA, KS, US |
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