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Caption:
HM3 Scott from 6th platoon Alpha Company 2d Recon Battalion detachment
is repelling from a UH-1W at the Sandhill training area during Combined
Arms Exercise 6-97. The Marines are practicing their repelling
technique which is used for fast insertion to a hostile
environment. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task
Force) level exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air
Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, CA. The command element for this
exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d
Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC. 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, Air Combat
Element, and the Combat Service Support Element. Official U.S.
Marine Corps photograph by LCpl RR Bazinet.
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