Marine Corps Capt. Andrew Piech, a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) assigned to Support Arms Liaison Team C, 2nd Brigade Platoon, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, uses a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Common Handheld tablet to coordinate fires during an integrated close air support training evolution with the Air Force 56th Operations Group and Lithuanian Armed Forces on Air Force Base Gila Bend, Ariz., April 13, 2021. JTACs guide airstrikes from the ground while training with pilots from the 61st and 62nd Fighter Squadrons,


Marine Corps Capt. Andrew Piech, a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC) assigned to Support Arms Liaison Team C, 2nd Brigade Platoon, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, uses a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Common Handheld tablet to coordinate fires during an integrated close air support training evolution with the Air Force 56th Operations Group and Lithuanian Armed Forces on Air Force Base Gila Bend, Ariz., April 13, 2021. JTACs guide airstrikes from the ground while training with pilots from the 61st and 62nd Fighter Squadrons, 56th Operations Group. The training improved the interoperability between Marine Corps JTACs and supporting Air Force units in order to refine their tactics and procedures in coordinating fires.


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