Rear Adm. Card visits 26th MEU training
Info from public affairs:
Rear Adm. Kendall Card, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, this week toured multiple training areas that the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit has been using with Southwest Asian military forces.
Card, along with Col. Mark J. Desens, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding officer, took a rare opportunity to visit the Marine “green” side of his ESG. The sailors of the Iwo Jima Strike Group make up the ”blue” side of the ESG.
During his tour, Card visited Marines from the 26th MEU’s ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, during their training in a variety of different scenarios — including military operations in urban terrain; a pistol-range reaction course and multiple weapons ranges where Marines demonstrated the operation of different types of machine guns and rocket launchers.
While transiting between different training areas, Card, a naval aviator by trade, took the opportunity to fly a Marine CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter, as well as conduct a few touch-and-go landings.
Photos by Cpl. Patrick Johnson-Campbell
Lance Cpl. Shane M. Correl, explains the operating procedures of the Shoulder Launched, Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) to Rear Adm. Kendall Card, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 3, during his visit to Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Capt. Mark C. Cameron, company commander of Fox Co., Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, briefs Rear Adm. Kendall Card, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 3, on the training the Marines and Sailors are conducting during an exercise in the Middle East. The 26th MEU is conducting the exercise to strengthen ties with regional partners.
Photos by Cpl. Aaron Rock:
