April 16, 2021 - U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Battalion, 4th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and aircraft attached to Marine Aviation
Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, participate in Assault Support Training 3
with aerial fire and infantry assault on an urban area during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI), 2-21, which runs
concurrently with Integrated Training Exercise (ITX), 3-21 at Marine Corps
Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.
The purpose of WTI is to train the
next generation of Weapons and Tactics Instructors who will
return to their squadrons as experts in tactical flight
planning and execution.
The purpose of ITX is to create a
challenging, realistic training environment that produces
combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated
Marine Air Ground Task Force.
U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance
Cpl. Shane T. Beaubien
