970423-M-8708Y-001. [Complete] Scene Caption: Lance Corporal T. A. Moore with the M47 Dragon Anti-Armor Missile System, Dragons section, Weapons Company, Third Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, patrols with his M16A2 assualt rifle in a squad column formation, during the Final Exercise at COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 5-97. The Final Exercise is a three day exercise that combines everything these Marines have practiced the month prior. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The comman


970423-M-8708Y-001. [Complete] Scene Caption: Lance Corporal T. A. Moore with the M47 Dragon Anti-Armor Missile System, Dragons section, Weapons Company, Third Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, patrols with his M16A2 assualt rifle in a squad column formation, during the Final Exercise at COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 5-97. The Final Exercise is a three day exercise that combines everything these Marines have practiced the month prior. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 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 (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 5-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE


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