Lance Cpl. Zackary W. Rippin, infantry assaultman, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, operates a Weaponized Multi-Utility Tactical Transport Vehicle (MUTT) during a company assault on Range 400 aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 7, 2016, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 1-17. The 28-day exercise is currently the longest-lasting activity that occurs aboard the installation and involves a series of progressive live-fire exercises that assesses the ability and adaptability of a force of more than 3,500 Marines and sailors. Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller has designated 3/5 as the Marine Corps’ experimental force. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released) - Lance Cpl. Zackary W. Rippin, infantry assaultman, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, operates a Weaponized Multi-Utility Tactical Transport Vehicle (MUTT) during a company assault on Range 400 aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 7, 2016, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 1-17. The 28-day exercise is currently the longest-lasting activity that occurs aboard the installation and involves a series of progressive live-fire exercises that assesses the ability and adaptability of a force of more than 3,500 Marines and sailors. Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller has designated 3/5 as the Marine Corps’ experimental force. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released)
Students with Infantry Officers Course 4-14 debrief after conducting a long-range vertical insert during the multi-objective training exercise, Exercise Talon Reach IV at Range 220, Sept. 19. The exercise allowed the prospective infantry officers to demonstrate and refine operational reach, digital interoperability and expeditionary capabilities of the Company Landing Team. (Official USMC photo by Cpl. Lauren A. Kurkimilis/Released) - Students with Infantry Officers Course 4-14 debrief after conducting a long-range vertical insert during the multi-objective training exercise, Exercise Talon Reach IV at Range 220, Sept. 19. The exercise allowed the prospective infantry officers to demonstrate and refine operational reach, digital interoperability and expeditionary capabilities of the Company Landing Team. (Official USMC photo by Cpl. Lauren A. Kurkimilis/Released)