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The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) and an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), offload a group of Controllers for the Mobile Assault Course during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 5-97. The Controllers will be observing the training that is being conducted by Marines from India Company, Third Battalion, Second Marines, 2d Marine Division. Other duties for the Controllers include: monitoring safety conditions throughout the training, informing commanders of different scenarios, and observing the unit's effectiveness during operations. CAX 5/6-97 is a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) exercise being conducted at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 5-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: II MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL E. J. Young, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public</div>
16 April 1997<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1997-04-16T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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<li>National Archives Identifier:  6606907</li></ul></span>