A Spanish Piranha (right), from 9th Mechanized Company, 3rd Mechanized Landing Battalion, passes by an amphibious assault vehicle assigned to Easy Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, during a mechanized raid. The training is part of the Spanish Amphibious Bilateral Exercise, a 10-day exercise intended to increase interoperability between U.S. and Spanish marines.
U.S. Marines assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrate immediate action drills for improvised explosive devices to Spanish marines assigned to the Spain's Third Mechanized Landing Battalion.
Frank Rodriguez (left), a Spanish marine assigned to Spain's Third Mechanized Landing Battalion, points out an improvised explosive device indicator to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jhosue M. Escate, a squad automatic weapon gunner assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, during counter improvised explosive device training.
U.S. Marines assigned to Engineer Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Spanish marine engineers, assigned to Spain's 3rd Mechanized Landing Battalion, practice mine detector techniques through an improvised explosive device lane during counter improvised explosive device training.
U.S. Marines assigned to Engineer Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Spanish marine engineers, assigned to Spain's 3rd Mechanized Landing Battalion, walk through an improvised explosive device lane during counter improvised explosive device training.