Pre-Deployment Training Highlights

Prior to deploying to the Western Pacific, BLT 2/3 of 1979 underwent a rigorious training program in Hawaii and in California.  This training included:

  • Individual, platoon, company tactics in training areas on the Hawaiian Islands.
  • Successfully executing a Combined Arms Exercise at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twenty-Nine Palms, California. 
  • Successfully completing the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation.

At the conclusion of pre-deployment training, BLT 2/3 of 1979 was designated Combat Ready and was capable of conducting the following contingency response operations:

Amphibious Operations

  • Amphibious Assault
  • Amphibious Raid
  • Amphibious Demonstration
  • Amphibious Withdrawal

Military Operations Other Than War:

  • Peace Operations
  • Peacekeeping & Peace Enforcement
  • Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)
  • Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief

Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP)

Reconnaissance and Surveillance

Security Operations

Airfield/Port Seizure