Audio Marine Minute

WELCOME I’M CPL. JOSHUA MUNSEN WITH YOUR MARINE MINUTE!

ACROSS EUROPE, U.S. MARINES ARE SUPPORTING EXERCISE SWIFT RESPONSE WITH COMBAT SUPPORT AND ARTILLERY CAPABILITIES. MARINES FROM THE 2ND MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP ARE PROVIDING DIRECT COMBAT SUPPORT TO THE U.S. ARMY'S 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, HELPING SUSTAIN MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS AS A PART OF SWIFT RESPONSE 25.

DURING LAST YEARS’ ITERATION OF THIS EXERCISE THE MARINE CORPS MARKED A HISTORIC FIRST; THE FIRST LIVE FIRE EXERCISE OF THE HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM RAPID INFILTRATION, ALSO KNOWN AS HIRAIN, IN LITHUANIAN TERRITORY.

SGT. AUSTIN MOBLEY, A LAUNCHER CHIEF OF KILO BATTERY, 2ND BATTALION, 14TH MARINE REGIMENT SPEAKS ON THE IMPORTANCE ON EXERCISE SWIFT RESPONSE.

"THE BENEFITS OF THIS EXERCISE IS ACTUALLY BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR NATO ALLIES, STRENGTHENING THEIR ARTILLERY FIREPOWER BY SHOWCASING WHAT WE’RE ABLE TO DO AS A UNIT AND AS AN ARTILLERY BATTALION AS A WHOLE" (12 SECS) 1:59-2:11

EXERCISE SWIFT RESPONSE IS A PART OF THE DEFENDER SERIES, WHICH IS THE LARGEST U.S. ARMY EXERCISE IN EUROPE. OVER 17,000 AMERICAN TROOPS AND 23,000 MULTINATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS COMING FROM MORE THAN 20 ALLIED AND PARTNER NATIONS PARTICIPATED IN THIS EXERCISE.

THAT’S YOUR MARINE MINUTE. FOR MORE STORIES VISIT MARINES.MIL AND ALL THE MARINE CORPS SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES. 

SEMPER FIDELIS!

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