MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Ca - A campaign cover sits in a
decorated campaign cover press, which was painted by recruits who Sgt.
Maj. Chuong Nguyen, sergeant major of Marine Wing Support Squadron 373,
trained as a drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego,
Calif. Nguyen, a Westminster, Calif., native, has been in the Marine
Corps for nearly 20 years. Photo By: Lance Cpl. Melissa Eschenbrenner
Sep 09,2013
Photo By: Sgt. Sarah Fiocco
BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, Australia - Marines with Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, fires a Shoulder-Launched, Multipurpose Assault Weapon as part of a movement-to-contact training evolution during Exercise Koolendong, here, Sept. 3. This training evolution is the first of its kind here in which Marines with MRF-D and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit worked bilaterally with the Australian soldiers of Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment as a "proof of concept" to assess the capacity of the training ranges to support a battalion-sized live-fire event.
Sep 09,2013
Photo By: Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Ca - A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 "Warhorses" dries in the sun after being washed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 20. The Warhorses deployed five aircraft to Colorado Springs during a deployment for training in order to break the squadron's Marines and pilots out of their comfort zones and normal flight patterns.
Sep 09,2013
Photo By: Sgt. Sarah Fiocco
BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, Australia - Lance Cpl. Justin Oates, machine gunner, Weapons Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, engages a simulated enemy force with an M240B machine gun, here, Sept. 2. Throughout the exercise, MRF-D Marines conducted day and night live-fire training. This training evolution is the first of its kind here in which Marines with MRF-D and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit worked bilaterally with the Australian soldiers of Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment as a "proof of concept" to assess the capacity of the training ranges to support a battalion-sized live-fire event.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 9, 2013) The People's Liberation Army-Navy
destroyer Qingdao (DDG 113), foreground, frigate Linyi (FFG 547), and
the U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) operate
together off Oahu, Hawaii, during a search and rescue exercise. (U.S.
Navy photo/Released)
KEY WEST, Fla. (Aug 13, 2013) Chief Equipment Operator Chris Amescua,
middle, conducts a pre-dive safety brief with fellow Underwater
Construction Team (UCT) 1 divers during dive training operations in Key
West, Fla. The two-week exercise, which ultimately certified the
detachment for deployment, focused on qualifying personnel to operate
different pieces of equipment and to conduct different jobs within the
dive side team. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd
Class Michael Scichilone/Released)
KEY WEST, Fla. (Aug. 12, 2013) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Joshua
Brown, a diver from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1, conducts
preventative maintenance and safety checks on a Kirby Morgan 37 diving
helmet during dive training operations in Key West, Fla. (U.S. Navy
photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael
Scichilone/Released)
KEY WEST, Fla. (Aug 14, 2013) Builder 1st Class Matt Meade, left, and
Chief Hospital Corpsman Peter David, both assigned to Underwater
Construction Team (ICT) 1, prepare to conduct a surface supplied dive
during dive training operations in Key West, Fla. (U.S. Navy photo by
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Scichilone/Released)
KEY WEST, Fla. (Aug 14, 2013) Chief Hospital Corpsman Peter David, a
diver from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1, climbs aboard Army
Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 2031 during dive training operations in Key
West, Fla. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd
Class Michael Scichilone/Released)
KEY WEST, Fla. (Aug. 13, 2013) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Joshua
Brown, a diver from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1, steps off the
ramp of Army Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 2031 during dive training
operations in Key West, Fla. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Specialist 2nd Class Michael Scichilone/Released)
KEY WEST, Fla. (Aug. 15, 2013) Chief Hospital Corpsman Peter David, a
diver from Underwater Construction Team (UCT)1, ascends through the
water column during dive training operations in Key West, Fla. (U.S.
Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael
Scichilone/Released)
KEY WEST, Fla. (Aug 14, 2013) Electricians Mate 2nd Class Adam Griffin, a
diver from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1, conducts a
familiarization dive on the former USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
(T-AGM 10) during dive training operations in Key West, Fla. (U.S. Navy
photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael
Scichilone/Released)
KEY WEST, Fla. (Aug. 13, 2013) Divers from Underwater Construction Team
(UCT) 1 conduct their in-water safety checks during dive training
operations in Key West, Fla.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Specialist 2nd Class Michael Scichilone/Released)
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