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CAMP GONSALVES, Japan - More than 70 Marines from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, took on the Jungle Warfare Training Center’s 3.8 mile Jungle Endurance Course Oct. 21 on Camp Gonsalves.
According to Cpl. Rick A. Williams, a radio operator with Battery B, he and other Marines were motivated to participate in the training and had been looking forward to it all week.
Battery B Marines were separated into three 18-24 man teams. The teams were released at 30-minute intervals to begin the endurance course.
The course consisted of obstacles that required Marines to work as individuals and others that required a team effort to complete.
Marines endured dense jungle and rugged terrain slickened with water while bounding down hasty rappels, pushing through rope and water obstacles and swimming muddied trenches laced with barbed wire.
"I think they performed very well to the challenges that they were given while keeping their heads up high," said 2nd Lt. Kyle D. Antonitic, the officer-in-charge of the Marines during the training.
One Marine called the final obstacle the greatest challenge of the course. The stretcher carry required team work from the Marines and could not be accomplished without a concerted group effort.
"I would say the stretcher-carry obstacle course was the most difficult thing we did," said Williams. "We had to work around rough terrain together as a team to complete the rest of the course."
Each group constructed a hasty stretcher and placed a Marine on it, simulating a casualty. The stretcher and mock casualty were then carried through the remainder of the course which included trenches that buried the Marines waist-deep in mud.
Following the stretcher carry, Marines jogged 100-meters to the finish line.
"All together it was some good training," said Williams. "It brought the Marines closer together by having us work together as a team."
"This was definitely training that they won’t forget anytime soon," added Antonitic.
| Date Taken: | 11.05.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 11.05.2010 03:45 |
| Story ID: | 59468 |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
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