IBX30 leverages new UAS during Exercise Apollo Shield

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cameron Lewis, a Mechanicsville, Virginia native, small unmanned aircraft systems operator with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment (REIN), 7th Marine Regiment, launches an RQ-20B Puma small unmanned aircraft during Exercise Apollo Shield at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct 19. 2023. Exercise Apollo Shield is the culminating event of Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s 1-year crawl-walk-run bilateral effort to test equipment capabilities and evaluate tactics, techniques, and procedures. The Combat Center provides a training facility capable of truly testing the equipment and it is home to the infantry battalion experiment 2030, the first unit to receive the equipment tested by MCWL. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin J. Marty)

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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin J. Marty/Released 231019-M-GV442-1164.JPG

Nov 7, 2023

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cameron Lewis, a Mechanicsville, Virginia native, small unmanned aircraft systems operator with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment (REIN), 7th Marine Regiment, launches an RQ-20B Puma small unmanned aircraft during Exercise Apollo Shield at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct 19. 2023. Exercise Apollo Shield is the culminating event of Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s 1-year crawl-walk-run bilateral effort to test equipment capabilities and evaluate tactics, techniques, and procedures. The Combat Center provides a training facility capable of truly testing the equipment and it is home to the infantry battalion experiment 2030, the first unit to receive the equipment tested by MCWL. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin J. Marty)

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