Wednesday, September 21, 2011

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; September 21, 2011

11th MEU

Mortarmen Pfc. Aaron C. Huss, left, and Lance Cpl. Jorge J. Castro fire a 60 mm mortar during a live-fire exercise here Sept. 7. The rifle company, with its section of mortars, is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit began a sea-based exercise Sept. 1 aboard amphibious ships, its second since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. Castro, 20, hails from San Benito, Texas. Huss, 19, is from Hersey, Mich.

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