Marines and Navy Sailors, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine DIvision, board a CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 (AST-2), a part of Weapons Tactics and Instructors (WTI) course 2-23 at Observation Point Feets, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 12, 2023. WTI, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, is a seven-week course providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness. AST-2 is a daytime, for


Marines and Navy Sailors, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine DIvision, board a CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 (AST-2), a part of Weapons Tactics and Instructors (WTI) course 2-23 at Observation Point Feets, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 12, 2023. WTI, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, is a seven-week course providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness. AST-2 is a daytime, force-on-force event which affords prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a company-reinforced air assault while integrating the six functions of Marine Aviation. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric Ramirez)


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