Caption:
An M1A1 from 2d Tank Battalion Detachment 2d Battalion 6th Marine
Regiment move into posistion 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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