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Caption:
A TOW (Tube Launched Optically Guided Weopons System) gunner from 2nd
Battalion 6th Marines awaits the order to fire during the Mechanized
Assault Course at the Delta cooridor training area during Combined Arms
Exercise 5/6-97. 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 the
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 R L Kugler, 2D Marine Division Combat
Camera Unit.
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