U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, participate in Assault Support Tactics (AST) 4 during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-24, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 24, 2023.WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. AST-4 provides prospective weapons and tactics instructors the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a night, long range battalion air assault to multiple objectives simultaneously in a medium threat environment while conducting five of the six functions of Marine...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Landen Elliott, a bulk refuel specialist assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, connects a fuel hose at a forward arming and refueling point during Assault Support Tactics 4 (AST-4), part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-24, at Sandhill, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 24, 2023. WTI is an advanced, graduate-level course for selected pilots and enlisted aircrew providing standardized advanced tactical training and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. AST-4 provides prospective weapons and tactics instructors the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a night, long range battalion air assault to multiple objectives simultaneously in a medium threat environment while conducting five of the six functions of Marine Aviation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alejandro Fernandez)