Marines Corps Cpl. Mamadou Dialla, an engineer with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, cleans out a mule’s hoof in preparation for a packing demonstration during Mountain Exercise (MTX) 1-23 at MCMWTC, Bridgeport, California, Sept. 23, 2022. The purpose of the animal packer’s course is to teach personnel the necessary skills to enable them to load and maintain pack animals for military applications in remote and dangerous environments, as a tool of irregular warfare.

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