U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Michael Guard, a forward air control officer assigned to Headquarters Company, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, and Cpl. Aviel Solomon, a fire support Marine assigned to 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force, perform a radio check during Mjolnir Strike, Bombing Target 11, Piney Island, North Carolina, Aug. 10, 2022. Mjolnir Strike, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller training exercise, is designed to instruct individual Marines to coordinate offensive air operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lauralle Walker)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Lauralle Walker

Bombing Target 11 Hosts JTAC Training

17 Aug 2022 | Lance Cpl. Lauralle Walker Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. --

U.S. Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force conducted a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training exercise at Bombing Target 11 (BT-11), Piney Island, North Carolina, Aug. 10, 2022. The training qualifies Marines to make direct communications with aircraft to coordinate offensive air operations.

BT-11 serves as one of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point’s satellite ranges. Utilized for inert ordnance delivery practice, units throughout the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and other federal and state agencies make use of BT-11.