Mojave Viper training - Setting up the LZ

Capt. John Kolb, a forward air controller with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, uses his radio to set up an aircraft landing zone for a simulated casualty evacuation during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 3 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 21, 2011. The two-day evolution — part of the Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise — enabled “America’s Battalion” to improve its capabilities as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The exercise is their final pre-deployment training event before deploying to Afghanistan’s Helmand province next month to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Kolb, 31, is from Rock Spring, Wyo. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder / RELEASED)

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