{"id":62844,"date":"2023-12-11T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=62844"},"modified":"2023-12-11T16:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T16:23:45","slug":"steel-knight-23-2-2nd-bn-5th-marines-reinforces-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=62844","title":{"rendered":"Steel Knight 23.2: 2nd Bn., 5th Marines reinforces embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES — <\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, demonstrated their proficiency and flexibility during a simulated embassy reinforcement Nov. 29 as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2.<\/p>\n

The embassy reinforcement at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, served as the cornerstone event for 5th Marines\u2019 mission rehearsal exercise to certify the regiment to deploy as Marine Rotational Force – Darwin in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe embassy reinforcement for Steel Knight\u00a0is the culmination of a large amount of coordination throughout I Marine Expeditionary Force,\u201d said Capt. Austin Dickey, company commander of Fox Co., 2nd Bn., 5th Marines.<\/p>\n

Steel Knight 23.2 has components of I MEF deployed across a large geographic space, from Southwest Arizona through most of California, with various locations simulating islands spread across the Pacific. This dispersion causes friction inherent to the tyranny of distance that forces the MEF to adapt and grow as a fighting force.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIt gave me a lot of confidence to see our corpsmen, our Sailors, brothers and sisters helping us out, training and ready to respond to a situation like that,\u201d\u00a0Capt. Austin Dickey, company commander of Fox Co., 2nd Bn., 5th Marines.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to see communication issues,\u201d explained Dickey. \u201cThat is something we have been presented an opportunity to learn with \u2013 the various waveforms and learning how to get (communications) up at far distances \u2013 and then once we have those waveforms up, actually coordinating and communicating to different agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the beginning of Steel Knight, the Marines and Sailors of the battalion, as well as the regimental headquarters, relocated to Yuma, Arizona, where they set up a combat operations center and continued to plan and train. When the order came to conduct the embassy reinforcement, Fox Co. boarded MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron\u00a0164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and flew to the simulated embassy at Camp Pendleton, ready to respond to the unknown situation they would find on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was proud with what the company did, short notice with the timeline, short notice with the order drop,\u201d explained Dickey. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the Marines, going through rehearsals, going through the order brief, really being locked on with the pre-combat checks, pre-combat inspections. Fox Co. always has something to learn but we are in a pretty good place, and we are ready today to go perform the missions that the Marine Corps and the United States needs us to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Steel Knight 23.2: 2nd Bn., 5th Marines reinforces embassy<\/span>
\n Photo by Cpl. Earik Barton<\/span><\/p>\n
U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepare to board an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, for a simulated embassy reinforcement during a mission rehearsal exercise as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Nov. 29, 2023. Steel Knight maintains and sharpens I Marine Expeditionary Force as America\u2019s expeditionary force in readiness \u2013 organized, trained and equipped to respond to any crisis, anytime, anywhere. This exercise will certify 5th Marines to be forward-postured in Australia as Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, a six-month deployment during which Marines train with Australian allies and facilitate rapid response to crises and contingencies.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The company had been at the embassy for a little more than an hour when explosions detonated in a market street at Camp Pendleton\u2019s Infantry Immersion Trainer, where the simulated embassy was located. As fog machines filled the air with smoke, role-players acted as civilian casualties. Additional Marines and medical personnel arrived on scene with tourniquets and stretchers to provide lifesaving aid before transporting the wounded to a casualty collection point for further medical care.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gave me a lot of confidence to see our corpsmen, our Sailors, brothers and sisters helping us out, training and ready to respond to a situation like that,\u201d recalled Dickey. \u201cFriction is going to come up, the plan is going to change. I saw the Marines and Sailors handle that unanticipated event well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company ensured all remaining civilians were properly processed and evacuated. The Marines departed the following day after successfully completing their mission of reinforcing the simulated embassy during a crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing this now in training,\u201d said Dickey. \u201cWe could be called on tomorrow to do this in the South Pacific, and that\u2019s going to be a whole different problem set that Steel Knight has given us a repetition at, and we are that much more prepared for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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