U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Don Bannister Jr, a radio operator, Athens, Georgia native assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, sets up an ultrahigh frequency radio to communicate with aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mirian Hernandez, an air traffic controller, Dobson, North Carolina native assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, prepares an ultrahigh frequency radios during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Don Bannister, left, a radio operator, Athens, Georgia native, and Sgt. Mirian Hernandez, an air traffic controller, Dobson, North Carolina native, both assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, set up antennas to communicate with aircrafts during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jan Kamphuis, left, an air traffic controller, Warrenton, Virginia native, and Sgt. Mirian Hernandez, an air traffic controller, Dobson, North Carolina native, both assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, listen for advisory aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft and an AH-1Z Viper aircraft, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, participate in Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, prepares to land on a runway during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper aircraft, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, participates in Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Elijah Scott, left, a navigational aids technician, Tupelo, Mississippi native, and Lance Cpl. William Gomez, a communications technician, Atlanta, Georgia native, both assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, set up a pole to establish a high-frequency radio to communicate with aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. William Gomez, left, a communications technician, Atlanta, Georgia native, and Cpl. Don Bannister, a radio operator, Athens, Georgia native, both assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, set up a pole to establish a high-frequency radio to communicate with aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Elijah Scott, a navigational aids technician, Tupelo, Mississippi native assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, prepares a pole to establish a high-frequency radio to communicate with aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. William Gomez, a communications technician, Atlanta, Georgia native assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, listens for advisory aircraft nearby during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper aircraft, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, participates in Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marines, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, lookout for advisory aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, participates in a communication exercise during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
U.S. Marines, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, board a CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft during Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-2 provides prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a daytime battalion-sized, live-fire air assault mission to multiple objective areas while integrating combined arms and the six functions of Marine Aviation with an expeditionary advanced base operations scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)
