Exercise Steel Knight Begins with 1st Marine Division

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Sgt. Justin Boling, Defense Media Activity:

The opening fires of the 1st Marine Division’s Exercise Steel Knight commenced at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. on Dec. 10, 2015 with shouts of artillerymen, the yank of a chord and the satisfying decimation of targets.

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“We are shooting in support of [1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 1st Tank Battalion],” said Sgt. Kenyum Scott, an artillerymen with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment. “We would normally be out here shooting by ourselves; now we are shooting for other Marines to advance on to their objectives.”

The two-week-long Exercise Steel Knight allows units, like the battery, to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort.

“After we finish with this shoot, we have one movement day to get our next location,” said Cpl. Levin Jolley, artilleryman with the unit. “Then we set up and wait for call for fires.”

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Source:: Tactical Life