NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan conducts situational awareness exercise

Photo By Marcy Sanchez | Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Dembowski, a rifleman attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division shakes hands with an Afghan role player as he enters a tent during a situational awareness exercise, June 17. Alpha Company will deploy to Afghanistan later this year as part of NATO Mission Training-Afghanistan. The company is divided into several adviser training teams to act as subject-matter-experts. Their mission is to support the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in developing leaders at Afghan National Army defense colleges and academies as well as training and advising Afghan National Police.  

CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES

06.17.2011

Story by Sgt. Marcy Sanchez  

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division conduct training with Afghan role players during a situational awareness exercise.

The Marines are training to deploy to Afghanistan later this year.

Their mission is to support the Afghanistan government in developing leaders at Afghan National Army defense colleges and academies as well as training and advising Afghan National Police.

• Date Taken: 06.17.2011
• Date Posted: 06.17.2011 17:20
• Story ID: 72288
• Location: CAMP PENDLETON, CA, US