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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Bright sunshine beamed relentlessly onto Range Lima 5 as Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment grabbed their gear and began the walk through the tree-line to their staging area. The Marines prepared to begin squad supported fire and maneuver attacks during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 8, 2015.
“It’s the first time we’ve been able to bring all the pieces from the company level assets to the squad level to go through the combined arms solution towards clearing the objective,” said Captain Joseph Albano, the company commander. “There’s a lot of trust involved in making sure that the small unit leaders are going to have their Marines employ their assets properly to help them be successful during their range.”
The Marines spent months building to this training event, focusing first at the smallest element, the fire team, and building to the squad level. The Marines will continue to progress, focusing next on the platoon level.
“Leading up to this event, we’ve had three major training exercises to help prepare us for where we are today,” Albano said. “We started with the fire-team level fire and movement at range Kilo 402 in February, and we transitioned to conducting squad unsupported live fire and movement attacks during our most recent battalion field training exercise. We’ve also done sustainment training and rehearsals in the week leading up to this training event.”
After this training is done, the Marines will head to Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, to continue their training.
“This is the culminating event prior to us going to Fort A.P. Hill to conduct platoon supported attacks. The Marines being comfortable with their ability to trust and follow through with the planning, coordination and employment of those assets in support of a squad attack will directly contribute to our ability to integrate those assets at the platoon level,” Albano said.
This training is doing far more for the unit than just building from one level to the next, said Lance Cpl. Cody Cremeens, a squad leader with Bravo Company.
“Being in the field helps to build camaraderie because being with these guys every second, getting to know them here is much different than garrison life,” Cremeens said. “It’s a different story when you’re away from them and you’re in an office, but being out here and training with them, knowing their breaking points and then building them back up, that’s what it’s all about; building a tighter bond.”
| Date Taken: | 04.08.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.10.2015 13:32 |
| Story ID: | 159661 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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