Lima stalks combat town

6/19/2011 By Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter , 11th MEU

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.

Marines and sailors conducted a night raid on an urban training town here June 19 during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's first full-scale exercise since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May.

Company L, supported by their mechanized platoon, rehearsed throughout the day for the culminating night mission.

Platoon commander 2nd Lt. John P. Krudy called out scenarios to which the Marines responded: They took cover from incoming fire or treated simulated casualties.

With each iteration came new assault plans.

"We rehearse these things before we get out there to remove the friction of darkness and enemies," said Krudy, a 24-year-old Vienna, Mich., native. "That way I can have my guys practicing some of these uncertain situations before it gets harder."

The raid force travelled in amphibious assault vehicles and secured the town building by building while engaging enemy role-players.

Company L is one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the 11th MEU's ground-combat element.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -Amphibious assault vehicles drive along Red Beach here en route to an urban training town June 19 during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's two-week field exercise. The vehicles carried Marines and sailors of Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element for the unit. , Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter, 6/19/2011 3:32 AM
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -Pfc. Antonio L. Renteria uses stealth techniques while moving through a field here June 19. Renteria, a 20-year-old Oak Lawn, Ill., native, serves with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. , Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter, 6/19/2011 9:19 AM
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -Cpl. Joseph S. Weatherford provides security during night raid rehearsals here June 19. Weatherford, a 21-year-old Conroe, Texas, native, serves as an intelligence analyst with Company L, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit recently began its first full-scale exercise since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. , Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter, 6/19/2011 3:15 PM
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -Cpl. William G. Stickney watches a Marine simulate launching a rocket during night raid rehearsals here June 19. Stickney, a 22-year-old Roanoke, Va., native, serves as a machine gun team leader with Company L, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit recently began its first full-scale exercise since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. , Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter, 6/19/2011 3:33 PM
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -Pfc. Enrique Correa provides security while rehearsing for a night raid here June 19. Correa, an 18-year-old Yuma, Ariz., native, serves as a Rifleman with Company L, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit recently began its first full-scale exercise since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. , Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter, 6/19/2011 3:36 PM
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher P. Mascarina applies a tourniquet to simulated casualty Pfc. Tylynn J. Scoggins during night raid rehearsals here June 19. Mascarina, 31, a hospital corpsman and San Jose, Calif., native, and Scoggins, 21, a machine gunner from Trout Lake, Wash., serve with Company L, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit recently began its first full-scale exercise since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. , Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter, 6/19/2011 3:41 PM
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -Platoon commander 2nd Lt. John P. Krudy debriefs Marines and sailors after night raid rehearsals here June 19. Krudy, a 24-year-old Vienna, Mich., native, serves with Company L, one of three rifles companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit recently began its first full-scale exercise since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. , Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter, 6/19/2011 3:42 PM
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -Company L Marines wait for nightfall before conducting a training raid here June 19. The rifle company is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit recently began its first full-scale exercise since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. , Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter, 6/19/2011 4:33 PM