U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 use new methods to construct an expeditionary landing zone in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-20 at Auxiliary Airfield II in Yuma, Arizona March 14, 2020. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force. WTI provides standardized advanced certification for unit instructors of the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Davis Harris)
An Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is staged on a mobile landing zone as U.S. Marines with 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion (LAAD), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to engage the UAS with a Compact Laser Weapon System (CLaWS) during Counter-UAS training with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 in Yuma, Arizona, July 30, 2020. VMX-1 supported 3rd LAAD’s pre-deployment training to enhance Marines’ operating skills of the upgraded CLaWS. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez)
