Marines with Weapons Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5,
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare for convoy operations with the
company’s light strike vehicles, Feb. 11. The platoon practiced working
with the unit’s light strike vehicles, or LSVs, during the unit’s
sustainment training in Djibouti, designed to increase unit cohesion,
practice the fundamentals of their trades and take advantage of a unique
opportunity to train in a foreign country. The 15th MEU is deployed as
part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command
theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security
operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th
Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John
Robbart III/Released)
