Marine combat engineers, attached to Special Marine
Summary
Marine combat engineers, attached to Special Marine Air-Ground Task Force-24, Gunnery Sgt. Wilfredo Alas and Cpl. Jonathan Coberg with 4th Combat Engineer Battalion from Baltimore, Md., teach a group of Peruvian Marines how to search for mines. The 10 nation exercise Partnership of the Americas / Southern Exchange will focus on interoperability between the USMC and forces from nine other partner nations, exposing them to fundamentals that will enhance partner nation capabilities in the execution of peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid/disaster relief missions that are common amongst Marines throughout the Americas: marksmanship, patrolling, convoy operations, water survival, amphibious training, checkpoint operations, civil affairs, human rights training and military operations in urban terrain.