Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division call in air support from AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, during a close-air support exercise at Dona Anna training facility, Fort Bliss, Texas, April 24-26, 2014. Close air-support will be available to the battalion’s companies throughout training and sometimes during the Network Integration Exercise beginning in May. Squad leaders, platoon commanders, fire support team leaders, and joint fire observers were able to train with the helicopters for two days in preparation for use in upcoming training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Austin Long)