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Feb 23, 2015

Col. David L. Odom boards a UH-1Y Venom helicopter Feb. 12 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, to command the fight from the sky during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. Cpl. Christopher J. Benavidez flies with Odom to keep active communication with the combat operation center and the ground units during the battle. ITX 2-15 is designed to integrate combined arms and improve warfighting capabilities. Benavidez, a Livermore, California native, is a radio operator with Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Odom, a Hartsville, South Carolina, native, is the commanding officer for 4th Marines and Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Four for ITX 2-15.

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