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Caption:
Light Armored Vehicles from Alpha Company, 2nd L.A.R. (Light Armored
Reconnaisance) Battalion standby for an attack on Range 400 during
Combined Arms Exercise 5-97. CAX 5-97 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 PFC. J.
L. Shelhart, 2d Marine Division Combat Camera Unit.
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