MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marines with 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conducted a motorized immersion training exercise here, Jan. 26.
As their deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan, to support Operation Enduring Freedom rapidly approaches, the battalion wanted to finalize their operational procedures and weld together a strong team of Marines through this training event.
“Everyone has to crawl before they can walk and run. The MIT is our running stage,” said 2nd Lt. Matthew Jarratt, watch officer, 1st Maintenance Bn. “We want to finalize our [standard operating procedures], especially for motorized operations and [Command Operations Center] operations.”
The MIT is a scenario-based exercise, which includes combat logistics patrol missions, vehicle recovery missions, resupply and reinforcement missions, explained Jarratt, 24, from Marietta, Ga.
The main key of the training was to see how Marines adapt and respond to each scenario, as well as seeing how companies within the battalion work together, Jarratt said.
“The Marines are doing very well,” said Jarratt. “We’re all very excited to be deploying. Everybody is giving their maximum [effort] and their performance has only been increasing.”
Jarratt wasn’t the only one who thought so, even the operations officer, Maj. Bolivar Pluas, noticed how much effort the Marines put forth.
“They’re doing an outstanding job,” he said. “They’ve been going full speed for the last four months as the battalion prepares for the deployment to Afghanistan in March.”
To help the exercise be as realistic as possible for service members, role players assisted Marines in learning how to interact with the local nationals, as well as dealing with hostile insurgents.
“It’s good training, especially for the younger guys who have never been deployed before,” said Sgt. Denjer Davis, 25, from Huron, S.D., CLP commander for the scenario. “They get the skills and the experience they need now so they’re not getting lost when we’re there. The Marines are well prepared. They trained as if this is the real thing and they are anxious to go.”
After completing their final step of the pre-deployment training process, Marines with 1st Maintenance Bn. were eager to deploy and carry-out their missions.
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01.26.2012 |
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