Marines, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1), sit in a CH-53E Super Stallion while it begins to take off during Assault Support Tactics 2 (AST-2), a part of Weapons Tactics and Instructors (WTI) course 2-23 at Observation Point Feets, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 12, 2023. WTI, hosted by MAWTS-1, is a seven-week course providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readines
Marines, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (MAWTS-1), sit in a CH-53E Super Stallion while it begins to take off during Assault Support Tactics 2 (AST-2), a part of Weapons Tactics and Instructors (WTI) course 2-23 at Observation Point Feets, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 12, 2023. WTI, hosted by MAWTS-1, is a seven-week course providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness. AST-2 is a daytime, force-on-force event which affords prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a company-reinforced air assault while integrating the six functions of Marine Aviation. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric Ramirez)
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Keywords: 2-23, mawts-1, usmc, wti
