During Event 2 of the Crucible, inside the arena dubbed “The Octagon” by drill instructors, recruits get one final chance to prove their mettle in hand-to- hand combat.
Inside the giant wooden frame, reminiscent of gladiator pits of ancient Rome, ...
Marines of all ages, ranks and backgrounds have the chance to represent their unit, the Depot and even the Marine Corps in a shooting competition.
The Marine Corps intramural rifle and pistol competition is an annual event held at Weapons and F...
Military friendly employers are out there if people know where to look. Even during this economic downturn, those employers are still hiring veterans.
Sodexo, a food service company, earned its third recognition from the military as one of the t...
Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, conducted “atmospherics” on a security patrol in Rutbah, Dec. 29, in conjunction with their Iraqi Police counterparts.
The goal of an atmospherics patrol is ...
Handling weapons is something every Marine is expected and trained to do. It is instilled in them that “every Marine is a rifleman.” This credo is taken one step further at Security Company.
For the Marines of 4th squad, Security Co., Combat Logis...
The second Battle of Fallujah, known both as Operation Phantom Fury and Operation Al-Fajr, served as a major turning point in the Marine Corps’ mission to crush the insurgency and bring stability to the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.
The battle that b...
Iraqi Police in Rawah assumed responsibility for the parole of nine former Coalition Force detainees Dec. 28.
Marines with 4th Platoon, Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, provided overwatch for this...
Field wiremen with Communications Technical Control Facility Detachment, a joint unit made up of Marines from Regimental Combat Team 1 and 9th Communications Battalion, set up a new multifaceted digital switch on Camp Baharia, recently.
The new sw...
Two female Marines from the 2nd Marine Logistics Group came together this holiday season to donate more than 26 inches of hair to financially disadvantaged children.
Cpl. Kendra Hernandez, a legal clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, Combat...
No matter the location or the mission, Security Company is always there to help transport Marines or equipment to their destination safely and efficiently.
The Marines of first squad, Security Co., Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics...
Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, handed over control of several forward operating bases and combat outposts in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, to Iraqi Security Forces Jan. 1.
The turnover is concurrent with U...
Key leaders of the Farah province of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan met with senior leaders of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Afghanistan Jan. 3, 2009, to discuss the alliance’s progress and security advancements in the sout...
CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 delivered more than 95 thousand pounds of building materials to Marines operating in southern Afghanistan Jan. 2.
The delivery was part of a Special Purpose Marine Air Grou...
The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Kuwait today for it scheduled sustainment training at Camp Beuhring, Kuwait, and its surrounding ranges.
The Marines and sailors debarked from the ships of the Iwo Jima Strike group aboard Landing Craft...
Heaving heavy tanks over miles of miles of rough terrain means that the tankers and tank mechanics in western al-Anbar province, Iraq, have their work cut out for them when it comes to keeping their vehicles running.
The Marines of 3rd Platoon, Al...
Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 and Police Transition Team 4 teamed up Dec. 26 to help Iraqi Police from the Port of Waleed to form good relationships with their new neighbors in the town of Walej.
Over t...
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime.
Marines with Maintenance Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 1st Marine Logistics Group conducted an Iraqi partnership here Dec. 31. The CLB-2 mechanics t...
Deployed service members sacrifice more than just time away from home, they find ways to give to communities back home and around the world through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).
Marines of Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 1, ma...
It was an ideal. A mantra. One of those romantic assertions that grabs hold the heart and muses in the soul the question: What if? “Scars are not forever” was conceived for one Marine in the months of rehabilitation that followed an IED blast in Ira...
Reservists from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Marines from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, RCT-5, linked up here for a Tactical Air Control Party live-fire exercise at a remote desert range in western al-Anba...
Sgt. Jacob I. Sanchez, squad leader, Company A, Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 1st Marine Logistics Group, smiles as a toddling Iraqi girl struggles to hold up her school supplies Dec. 30. Sanchez, 25, Los Angeles, and other members of the 1st ML...
Iraqi Police in Karmah demonstrated their ability to take charge of a crime scene after a suicide bomber attacked citizens and policemen on a local highway in Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 28.
Maj. Yessien, assistant police commander for the Karmah police s...
When Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 arrived in Rawah, Iraq, an assessment of security and governance capabilities began.
Marines with Company C, 1st Bn., 2nd Marines attended a weekly Iraqi secur...
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