U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), rotate an M327 120 mm Expeditionary Fire Support System during a fire support coordination exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 28, 2013, as part of the PHIBRON/MEU Integration Training exercise. The fire support coordination exercise involved Marines aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5) coordinating fire support with artillery, mortars and close-air support ashore. The MEU is scheduled to deploy in early 2014 to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)
<dl><dd>Unit: 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: USS Bataan; 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit; 22MEU; USMC; United States Marine Corps; LHD 5; LHD-5; 22d MEU; fire support; 6th Marine Regiment; 1/6; 1st Battalion; artillery; 22nd MEU; Battalion Landing Team; 120 mm; BLT; Expeditionary Fire Support System; EFSS; M327; M252 81mm mortars</dd></dl>
Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald
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