ALMERIA, Spain, Nov. 4 (UPI) — U.S. Marines from the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion completed their last exercise for Trident Juncture.
Trident Juncture 2015 is NATO’s largest military exercise in over a decade, and supports the alliance’s initiative to improve global response readiness across the globe. The 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion faced off against the British Royal Marines with the aim of revealing the strengths and weaknesses in both, and improving their combat capabilities.
The final training event took place in Alvarez de Sotomayor, a military training area in Spain, and allowed Reserve Marines to participate. Cpl. Benjamin Atha, a light armored vehicle driver for the 4th LAR, 4th Marine Division said the training environment provided a beneficial change of pace.
“We’ve been conducting training with the British Royal Marines and doing some of our own training within the unit itself, getting used to the terrain and trying out different tactics that we haven’t had the opportunity to do in the states,” Atha said in a statement.
Trident Juncture 2015 included 5,000 U.S. service members, for a total of 36,000 personnel from 30 countries.
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