U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division recently traveled to Saylor Creek Range, Idaho, to participate in Exercise Garnet Rattler, April 10-29. The joint exercise with U.S. Airmen centers around a comprehensive training program to enhance the capabilities of,
14 FORT HOOD, Texas Command teams and Leadership from across the 1st Cavalry Division gathered for a CAV Leadership Forum at the Killeen Convention Center, May 20-21, 2021.
The Forum was designed to provide a venue for leadership to plan, discuss, and present ideas surrounding division’s vision for anchoring change, while providing an opportunity to focus on operationalizing the CAV values and build team cohesion.
“We want to be lethal,” said Lt. Col. Paul Fleming, the 1st Cav. Div. Fire Support Coordinator, in his opening remarks to his working group. “We’re disciplined, we’re trained, and we’re fit. When we say fit, we mean holistically: physically, mentally, spiritually. How do we do that? We lead change. We are adaptive, we’re critical thinkers and we do this because we’re committed. We are proud of our unit and proud of our legacy.”
of those marines have already been to war. we saw them during the invasion of iraq in 2003 the afghanistan area is a different country and different fight. that means the marines have to learn a different set of skills. today they are getting what they call live fire training at the marine corps air ground combat center at 29 palms california. our senior correspondent rick leventhal is there live with the details of the day. hello, ricky. hey, shepard. commanders here will tell that you there is no substitute for live fire exercises and no better place to do it here at 29 palms. the largest training facility in the world. we want to give you a look at the combat operations center set up by the next group headed to afghanistan. same kind of set up they would have in country. you can see operations and intelligence officers working alongside a fire support coordinator. you have artillery and motor liaison and air officers keep track of every asset and every round fired out here.