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Lance Corporal Gresham of Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, lays down a line for other Marines to follow through the initial breech of a simulated mine field at range 400 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground at Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground at Element (GCE), Air...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Lance Corporal Gresham of Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, lays down a line for other Marines to follow through the initial breech of a simulated mine field at range 400 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE).
Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-97
Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL R. L. Kugler Jr., Usmc
Release Status: Released to Public
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