U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 utilize an UH-1Y Venom aircraft to transport infantry Marines with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division throughout the training area during Assault Support Tactics 4, as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors Course 1-19 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 9, 2018. WTI, a seven week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine air-ground task force. This year, Marines and Sailors with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command 19.1 served as the...
The sun rose from the crest of the horizon, over the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command 19.1. The morning light danced along the dust kicked up from a Marine’s back stroke with the shovel.
Clouds from the southwest crept eerily close to the command post, threatening rain. The storm, projected to cause massive flash flooding, was incentive enough for the Marines to start hunkering down.
Trenches were dug to prevent the vital equipment inside the command post from being damaged or destroyed. Sandbags were placed along the edge of the trenches to further control the flow of water, as well as across the base of the tents to keep them from blowing away in harsh winds.
Marines were taking part in...
