A CH-46 Sea Knight leaves here after the Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel platoon successfully completed a recovery mission of Marines with a tactical air control party, in the Chocolate Mountains, Calif., May 11. The training scenario involved the platoon recovering personnel from a tactical air control party, after they reported contact from a notional enemy attack force. The training was conducted to increase the competency of the TRAP force and as a part of the ground portion of Realistic Urban Training, which the 15th MEU is conducting in preparation for their deployment scheduled for this fall.
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