A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey ascends from a field at Unit Training and Equipment Site #1 (UTES), Pelham Range, Anniston, Alabama, May 20, 2023. The aircraft transported designated Maritime Special Purpose Force Marines from Bravo Company, 2nd Recon Battalion, assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from USS Bataan (LHD 5), that upon arrival to UTES conducted a night movement as part of 26th MEU’s MEU Special Operations Capable Certification. Expeditionary Operations Training Group organized C2X as the culminating exercise in the 26th MEU’s pre-deployment training program, ensurin


A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey ascends from a field at Unit Training and Equipment Site #1 (UTES), Pelham Range, Anniston, Alabama, May 20, 2023. The aircraft transported designated Maritime Special Purpose Force Marines from Bravo Company, 2nd Recon Battalion, assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from USS Bataan (LHD 5), that upon arrival to UTES conducted a night movement as part of 26th MEU’s MEU Special Operations Capable Certification. Expeditionary Operations Training Group organized C2X as the culminating exercise in the 26th MEU’s pre-deployment training program, ensuring they are ready to respond as a forward-deployed, sea-based MAGTF, capable of conducting amphibious operations as a crisis-response force-in-readiness and able to conduct contingency operations across the full spectrum of military operations. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler M. Raab)


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