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PhotoLibrary-ArmedForcesSalute_LPS The U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps performs during the inaugural performance of the Friends of the National War World II Memorial 2012 Concert Series at the World War II Memorial in Washington June 14. The free concert coincided with National Flag Day and the U.S. Army 237th birthday. The D&B closed its concert by playing "Armed Forces Salute," a medley of each branch of service song. Photo by Cpl Dangrier Baez.
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Photolibrary-GrippingGrenades_LPS U.S. Marine LCpl Tory Martin, a rifleman with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Twentynine Palms, Calif., replaces the safety pin of a Stingball grenade after using it during a non-lethal weapons training scenario in a simulated urban village on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 15, 2012. The training was part of a two-week test readiness review fielded by the Quantico, Va.-based Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate and the Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Experimentation Center. The DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program, headed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen James Amos, trains operating forces on escalation of force options to minimize casualties and collateral damage, said Kelley Hughes, a directorate spokesperson. Photo by Cpl Reece Lodder.
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PhotoLibrary-SaluteAtSea_LPS Marine LtCol Andrew Bergen, left, and Navy Commander Homer Denius salute during a ceremony aboard USS Pearl Harbor June 4, commemorating the Battle of Midway. Bergen hails from Elmwood Park, N.J., and serves as commanding officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 11, which provides logistics and services to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit embarked the ship, as well as USS Makin Island and USS New Orleans in San Diego, Nov. 14, beginning a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific, Horn of Africa, and Middle East regions. Photo by Cpl Tommy Huynh.
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PhotoLibrary-TwoFlagsUp_LPS Marines from 1st Battalion 9th Marines march in the Larchmont Memorial Day parade, May 24, as part of Fleet Week New York 2012. Fleet Week has been New York's celebration of the sea services since 1984. It is an unparalleled opportunity for citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as see, firsthand, the latest capabilities of today's maritime services. Photo by LCpl Martin Egnash.
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Photolibrary-MarineBarracks8th&I_LPS The United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps marches onto the parade field during a Sunset at the Marine Corps War Memorial Aug. 7. Photo by Sgt Austin Hazard.
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Photolibrary-Drum&BugleCorps_LPS Company A marches around the Marine Corps War Memorial during a Tuesday Sunset Parade in Arlington, Va.,Aug. 14. Photo by Cpl Jeremy Ware.
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Photolibrary-HeloHellfire_LPS Cpl Richard Sippl, UH-1Y Venom flight crew chief assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HMLA-169), fires a 7.62mm GAU-17/A Minigun July 22, 2012, during a live fire combat training mission over the Pohakuloa Training Area, (PTA) Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2012. HMLA-169 is part of the aviation combat element of special purpose Marine air-ground task force three. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from Jun. 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt Michael R. Holzworth.
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Photolibrary-MCAGCCT29Palms_LPS LCpl Thomas Overzet, rifleman, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, conducts buddy rushes on Range 105 Aug. 14, 2012. Approximately 150 Marines are visiting the Combat Centerfrom Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. as part of their Tactical Small Unit Leaders Course. Photo by LCpl Ali Azimi.
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Photolibrary-JointStrike_LPS Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Camp Pendleton, Calif., call mortar strikes during night training at a training site outside of Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 13. Marines conducted combined arms attacks with air and ground assets to enhance proficiency controlling fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft during Scorpion Fire during a two-week training evolution. Photo by LCpl Rebecca Eller.
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Photolibrary-forceinreadiness-thumbnail-180x102 The Marine Corps has been America’s expeditionary force in readiness since 1775. We are forward deployed to respond swiftly and aggressively in times of crisis.
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PhotoLibrary-HelicopterRetrograde_LPS A helicopter support team with Landing Support Platoon, Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Fwd), attaches a M777 Howitzer to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, Aug 6. The howitzer was being retrograded from Forward Operating Base Zeebrugge. Photo by Cpl Mark Stroud.
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PhotoLibrary-UglyAngels_LPS CH-53D Sea Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 launch flares during a flight over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 9. After 60 years of service, the squadron, known as the ‘Ugly Angels,’ will be deactivated upon returning to their home station at Marine Corps Base Hawaii later this year. Photo by Cpl Isaac Lamberth.
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PhotoLibrary-PoolNeedsCleaning_LPS A Marine with 2nd Platoon, Company B., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, crawls through a watery ditch and under concertina wire during the Jungle Endurance Course here, April 20. After completing a two-week training evolution at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, the Marines underwent the four-mile-long course through the Okinawan jungle, utilizing the rappelling, rope-crossing, improvised stretcher carry and other skills they learned. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation's force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region. Photo by Cpl Jonathan Wright.
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PhotoLibrary-31stMEURaidUrban_LPS Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conceal themselves in the tree line on the outskirts of an enemy-held town here, Aug. 9. Inserting via CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), the Marines raided the notional town, neutralizing all enemy personnel and capturing a high-value individual. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps' Force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region. Photo by LCpl Michael Oxton.
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PhotoLibrary-FuelFireFury_LPS Marines with aircraft rescue and firefighting extinguish a fuel fire during fuel-pit fire training on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma May 31. Once a fuel-pit fire is ignited, it will continue to burn until the Marines use their skills to extinguish it by submerging it in water. Photo by LCpl Alyssa Hoffacker.
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PhotoLibrary-StallionStack_LPS Two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 take off afterdelivering Marines and Canadian soldiers as part of a noncombatant evacuation operation during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2012 at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, July 26, 2012. From June 29 to Aug. 3, more than 25,000 military personnel from 22 nations, 200 aircraft and 40 ships and submarines are participating in RIMPAC. The world's largest international maritime exercise, the 23rd in the series that began in 1971, is held biennially in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The exercise fosters training, interoperability and improved relations between countries providing security in sea lanes and oceans around the world. Photo by Cpl Reece Lodder.
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PhotoLibrary-EngineersThatCould_LPS Marines serving with Engineers Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, construct a new perimeter surrounding Camp Hanson in Marjah, Afghanistan using HESCO walls and concertina wire May 4, 2012. Combat engineers have torn down some of the fortified walls to shrink the base's perimeter. The Marines plan to reduce their base's guard posts in half by the end of their seven-month deployment. Photo by Sgt Michael Cifuentes.
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PhotoLibrary-CushyRide_LPS Marines and sailors arrive at Bellows Beach via Landing Craft Air Cushions to offload vehicles, personnel and equipment in support of a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) exerciseduring Rim of the Pacific 2012, July 28. Approximately 2,200 personnel from 9 nations are participating in RIMPAC 12 as a part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 3, Combined Force Land Component Command. Land forces are conducting amphibious and land-based operations in order to enhance multinational and joint interoperability. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian islands. Photo by Cpl Jerome Reed.
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PhotoLibrary-GoTime_LPS A Marine Corps a R7-A1 amphibious assault vehicle driver assigned to Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Corps Base Hawaii - Kane'ohe Bay waits on Pyramid beach for the authorization to close the hatch and head into the ocean July 12, 2012, to meet up with the USS Essex (LHD-2) off shore. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from Jun. 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. Photo by Air Force Tech Sgt Michael Holzworth.
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PhotoLibrary-31stMEUReenlist_LPS Sgt Miguel A. Gamboa (far right), a native of Friona, Texas and Sgt Jake R. Roby (far left), a native of Grantspass, Oregon, both squad leaders from Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, re-enlist during a company size boat raid here, July 11. Re-enlistment ceremonies are held wherever the Marines prefer and sometimes include unique and memorable places. Photo by LCpl Codey Underwood.