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An assault breacher vehicle races towards the objective as artillery provides suppressing fire Feb. 9 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, during the battalion assault course at Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. ABV’s are used to clear areas of mines and other ordinance for ground troops and vehicles to move through. During the BAC the ABV’s fire a mine-clearing line charge to simulate destroying enemy ordinance. The Marines operating the ABV are with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

An assault breacher vehicle races towards the objective as artillery provides suppressing fire Feb. 9 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, during the battalion assault course at Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. ABV’s are used to clear areas of mines and other ordinance for ground troops and vehicles to move through. During the BAC the ABV’s fire a mine-clearing line charge to simulate destroying enemy ordinance. The Marines operating the ABV are with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. William Hester

A Marine with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division receives orders over the radio before conducting breaching exercises aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 8. Marines with 2nd Tank Battalion along with 2nd CEB worked together to conduct breaching exercises in which they provided support fire while Assault Breacher Vehicles eliminated tank pits and created a lane in which tanks may safely travel, aboard Camp Lejeune, Dec. 8-10.

A Marine with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division receives orders over the radio before conducting breaching exercises aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 8. Marines with 2nd Tank Battalion along with 2nd CEB worked together to conduct breaching exercises in which they provided support fire while Assault Breacher Vehicles eliminated tank pits and created a lane in which tanks may safely travel, aboard Camp Lejeune, Dec. 8-10.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wood, the operations chief for Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 combat engineers based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., verifies targets as Cpl. Benjamin Rodriguez fires a MK 19 automatic grenade launcher, July 29,2014, at Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. Combat engineers from MWSS-371 practiced automatic weapons training by firing the M203 grenade launcher, the M32 multiple grenade launcher, and the MK 19 automatic grenade launcher in order to better prepare for future missions.

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wood, the operations chief for Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 combat engineers based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., verifies targets as Cpl. Benjamin Rodriguez fires a MK 19 automatic grenade launcher, July 29,2014, at Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. Combat engineers from MWSS-371 practiced automatic weapons training by firing the M203 grenade launcher, the M32 multiple grenade launcher, and the MK 19 automatic grenade launcher in order to better prepare for future missions.

Photo by Cpl. Brendan King

Smoke clears after Marines deploy an MK-154 mine clearance launcher during a training exercise in Twentynine Palms, California. The MK-154 was deadlined in 2013 following a mishap at the recommendation of Marine Corps Systems Command engineers trained in mishap investigation. The Mishap Investigation Training and Support Implementation Team, or MITSIT, received a Secretary of the Navy safety award for their efforts in training acquisition engineers to be mishap investigators.

Smoke clears after Marines deploy an MK-154 mine clearance launcher during a training exercise in Twentynine Palms, California. The MK-154 was deadlined in 2013 following a mishap at the recommendation of Marine Corps Systems Command engineers trained in mishap investigation. The Mishap Investigation Training and Support Implementation Team, or MITSIT, received a Secretary of the Navy safety award for their efforts in training acquisition engineers to be mishap investigators.

Photo by LCpl Kelsey J. Green