2024-01-11 11:02:51
Reconnaissance teams from the United States Marine Corps Forces participated in a two-week military operation with their Mexican counterparts on an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the Baja California peninsula.
Exercise Caimán Azteca 23, which took place July 6-21, was a combined U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault exercise conducted with Mexican Marines and naval personnel, Lt. Col. of the U.S. Marine Corps Bart Nagle, who led the planning efforts of the Marine Corps and support personnel for the Northern Command of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces. (MARFORNORTH).
The 27 Marines of 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, embarked on the ARM Usumacinta, a Mexican Newport-class amphibious assault ship. The team was made up of a detachment of scouts, along with a small unmanned aircraft systems team and an onboard reconnaissance operations center, stated Lt. Col. Nagle, in an following action report dated August 9, 2023.
U.S. Marines led a multi-day reconnaissance mission alongside Mexican Marine Special Forces, culminating in an air and surface assault by the Mexican amphibious brigade on the Santa Island training area. Daisy flower.
Two teams of US Marine Corps scouts were introduced to the island, by small boats and helicopters of the Mexican Navy. For two nights they carried out reconnaissance and surveillance of a simulated enemy force on the island. The teams reported to the U.S. Reconnaissance Operations Center and Mexican Marine raid force commanders aboard ARM Usumacinta.
The training was the first in a series of biennial bilateral amphibious exercises, planned by US Northern Command, executed by MARFORNORTH and hosted by the Mexican Navy and US Marine Corps Forces. .
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