CBAF Marines go to Cuba

The CBAF is critical to maintaining readiness and ensuring Marines can provide assistance wherever, and whenever, it is needed.

To test the unit’s response and examine what plans may need to be refined in the future, the unit was sent to Cuba where the unit engaged in a four-day training mission that included chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear classes, shooting ranges during the day and at night, as well as squad-sized tactic drills.

"It gives the Marines another opportunity to train in a new environment," 1st. Lt. David Kerby, executive officer for Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment said in an a Marine Corps article. "At the same time, it gives the company-level leadership the chance to refine how we plan training and operations."
 
"It provides the nation a company and a battalion of Marines who are ready to respond to anything," Kerby said. "The mission can include humanitarian aid, disaster relief, or a security crisis, anywhere in the world."