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Loadout Room photo of the day | Recon Marines Take to the Skies of Afghanistan

November 18, 2017 by Scott Witner Leave a Comment

Loadout Room photo of the day | Recon Marines Take to the Skies of Afghanistan

CAMP LEATHERNECK, AFGHANISTAN

U.S. Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance, Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), wait to conduct a High-Altitude High-Opening jump at the flightline aboard Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, Oct. 7. The jump operation was designed to focus on military parachuting, reconnaissance patrolling and maintenance of parachute insert proficiency. The unit is deployed to Afghanistan conducting counter insurgency operations in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

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Scott Witner is the Editor of The Loadout Room and handles product sourcing for both Crate Club and Cuna Dog. He is a former Marine Corps Infantryman with 2ndBn/8th Marines and was attached to the 24th MEU(SOC) for a 6 month deployment to the Mediterranean. He has completed training in desert warfare at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, mountain warfare and survival at the Mountain Warfare Training Center and attended the South Korean Mountain Warfare school in Pohang.

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