Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Joshua Gonzalez, Platoon Commander with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, talks on the radio during Assault Support Tactics 3 (AST-3) as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-17 at 29 Palms, Calif., April 21, 2017. AST-3 is an exercise focused on conducting noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) in an urban environment while concurrently providing foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA) to the simulated host nation. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marines Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre, which empha


Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Joshua Gonzalez, Platoon Commander with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, talks on the radio during Assault Support Tactics 3 (AST-3) as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-17 at 29 Palms, Calif., April 21, 2017. AST-3 is an exercise focused on conducting noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) in an urban environment while concurrently providing foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA) to the simulated host nation. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marines Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Air Ground Task Force and provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.


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