U.S. Marines CH-46

Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 22 January 1998 — U.S. Marines from Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2 tend to a simulated injured pilot during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, mission aboard Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, during Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1. More than 30,000 U.S. military personnel are participating in the exercise which is testing joint forces on their ability to deploy rapidly and conduct joint operations during a crisis. All branches of the armed forces are training side-by-side using the latest advances in technology in a simulated high-threat environment that involves air, naval and ground operations. Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2 is made up of personnel from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.

DOD photo by Cpl. C.D. Clark, U.S. Marine Corps.

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