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DEFENDER 25 Outreach tour

 

 

DEFENDER is the Army’s largest annual opportunity to exercise moving personnel and equipment into theater across modes for initial and follow-on operations critical to Large Scale Combat Operations. Led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the exercise focuses on the strategic deployment of CONUS-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stock and follow-on exercises demonstrating lethality and interoperability with Allies and partners

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Video by Staff Sgt. Theodore Bergan
U.S. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion conduct counter-unmanned aircraft system training range (B-Roll)
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
April 23, 2024 | 6:33
U.S. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion conduct a counter-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 16, 2024. 2nd LAAD Battalion conducted a dynamic, tactical scenario-driven counter-UAS aerial-gunnery range in which Marines had to shoot, maneuver, and communicate while directly engaging UAS aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Theodore Bergan)

This B-Roll package contains the following:
U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion zeroing their rifles,
U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion running to a bunker,
U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion using M240B machine guns to engage drone targets,
U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion receiving ammunition,
U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion conducting patrols,
U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion engaging drone targets with small arms and M240B machine guns,
U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion running through smoke during a training range,
GoPro footage of U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion conducting patrols,
GoPro footage of U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion engaging drone targets,
GoPro footage of U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion throwing smoke grenades,
GoPro footage of U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion running through smoke coverage,
U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion engaging drone targets with small arms and M240B machine guns,
Drone targets being engaged and destroyed by U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion,
Footage from drone targets being engaged and destroyed by U.S. Marines with 2nd LAAD Battalion.
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