Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Aaron Edwards, right, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), grenadier and native of Huntington, , and Pvt. Perry Hill, rifleman and native of Falmouth, Ky., practice clearing a room with their fire team during urban tactics training as part of the MEU's Realistic Urban Training exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., Aug. 30, 2013. More than 160 Marines from the BLT practiced fire team and squad-level room and building clearings before progressing to platoon-sized raids on a simulated town. The MEU is sch
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Aaron Edwards, right, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), grenadier and native of Huntington, , and Pvt. Perry Hill, rifleman and native of Falmouth, Ky., practice clearing a room with their fire team during urban tactics training as part of the MEU's Realistic Urban Training exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., Aug. 30, 2013. More than 160 Marines from the BLT practiced fire team and squad-level room and building clearings before progressing to platoon-sized raids on a simulated town. The MEU is scheduled to deploy in early 2014 to the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released) 22nd MEU BLT completes urban tactics training 130830-M-HZ646-022
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