MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Private First Class Andre Alvarez, rifleman, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, carries a role-player who sustained a simulated chest wound during the battalion’s Integrated Training Exercise here, Aug. 9, 2013. Alvarez, 20, a native of Nixon, Texas, rushed to scene to save the lives of two role-players after an improvised explosive device detonated. The ITX is a training exercise held at the Combat Center to prepare Marines for a combat deployment. 3rd Bn., 7th Marines hone counterinsurgency tactics 130809-M-HQ487
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Private First Class Andre Alvarez, rifleman, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, carries a role-player who sustained a simulated chest wound during the battalion’s Integrated Training Exercise here, Aug. 9, 2013. Alvarez, 20, a native of Nixon, Texas, rushed to scene to save the lives of two role-players after an improvised explosive device detonated. The ITX is a training exercise held at the Combat Center to prepare Marines for a combat deployment. 3rd Bn., 7th Marines hone counterinsurgency tactics 130809-M-HQ487-137
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