US Marines will return to Helmand province, Afghanistan this spring to advisory missions. This means it will put them back in the middle of a fight between the Taliban and the Afghan National Security Forces.
As part of the preparation for the mission, about 300 US Marines to be sent to the Task Force Southwest exercise by using a number of weapons that many people use Afghanistan.
On January 17, 2017 and the Marines practiced shooting with two guns of the Soviet era the legendary Kalashnikov weapons: a general-purpose machine gun PK and AK-47 assault rifles.
Marines train with a machine gun PK / USMC.
Sgt. Lucas Hopkins of the II Marine Expeditionary Force in the release notes this weapon is used both by the army and the Taliban so Afghanistan is important for the Marines to understand and be able to use them.
"We want the Marines to familiarize themselves with their weapons," said Staff Sgt. Patrick R. Scott, head of foreign weapons instructor Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group.
Before the Marines are sent they will also receive intensive training about the culture of Afghanistan, including military culture.
