thedrifter
02-17-09, 07:09 AM
They know the drill
Text and photos by Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Members of a quick reaction force perfected their moves recently at Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq. Their training scenario was: A bomb went off, injuring two servicemembers about one and a half hours away by air. The Marines, with Company D, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, were to pick up their gear, race outside, put it on, and go to a mock helicopter landing pad. Afterward, 1st Lt. James Smith told the Marines they had made it to the pad in 25 "fast and smooth" minutes. The force can prepare for a mission with no notice in an hour, or about half an hour if the members are on standby.
Pix's
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60763
Ellie
Text and photos by Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Members of a quick reaction force perfected their moves recently at Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq. Their training scenario was: A bomb went off, injuring two servicemembers about one and a half hours away by air. The Marines, with Company D, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, were to pick up their gear, race outside, put it on, and go to a mock helicopter landing pad. Afterward, 1st Lt. James Smith told the Marines they had made it to the pad in 25 "fast and smooth" minutes. The force can prepare for a mission with no notice in an hour, or about half an hour if the members are on standby.
Pix's
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60763
Ellie