Regional Command Southwest
Hometown: Leatherneck/Bastion, , AF
Current Personnel:
Staff Sgt. Crystal Black
Staff Sgt. Brian Buckwalter
1st Lt. Joanna Cappeto
Cpl. Ammon Carter
Sgt. Timothy Chesnavage
Lance Cpl. Cesar Contreras
Warrant Officer Jorge Dimmer
Lance Cpl. Catie Edwards
Cpl. Mark Garcia
Cpl. Nicholas Gillen
Cpl. Meghan Gonzales
Cpl. Meghan Gonzales
Staff Sgt. Raul Gonzalez
Cpl. Andrew Good
Sgt. John Jackson
Lance Cpl. Devin Jantzi
Cpl. Kenneth Jasik
Lance Cpl. Kevin Jones
Cpl. John Kennicutt
Cpl. Marcus Kuiper
2nd Lt. Philip Kulczewski
Cpl. Timothy Lenzo
Marionne Mangrum
Staff Sgt. Brian Buckwalter
1st Lt. Joanna Cappeto
Cpl. Ammon Carter
Sgt. Timothy Chesnavage
Lance Cpl. Cesar Contreras
Warrant Officer Jorge Dimmer
Lance Cpl. Catie Edwards
Cpl. Mark Garcia
Cpl. Nicholas Gillen
Cpl. Meghan Gonzales
Cpl. Meghan Gonzales
Staff Sgt. Raul Gonzalez
Cpl. Andrew Good
Sgt. John Jackson
Lance Cpl. Devin Jantzi
Cpl. Kenneth Jasik
Lance Cpl. Kevin Jones
Cpl. John Kennicutt
Cpl. Marcus Kuiper
2nd Lt. Philip Kulczewski
Cpl. Timothy Lenzo
Marionne Mangrum
Sgt. James Mercure
Cpl. Gregory Moore
Lt. Col. Martin Morris
Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison
1st Lt. Scott Murdock
Cpl. Samuel Nieves
OR-4 Paul Oldfield
Lance Cpl. Ismael Ortega
Sgt. Keonaona Paulo
Lance Cpl. Joseph Peterson
Sgt. Logan Pierce
Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles
Lance Cpl. Robert Reeves
OR-4 Vivienne Rodrigues
Lance Cpl. Joshua Rudy
Sgt. Christopher Rye
Lance Cpl. Sean Searfus
Regional Command Southwest Team
Lt. Col. Stewart Upton
Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore
Cpl. Anthony Ward Jr
Cpl. Michael Warren
Cpl. Gregory Moore
Lt. Col. Martin Morris
Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison
1st Lt. Scott Murdock
Cpl. Samuel Nieves
OR-4 Paul Oldfield
Lance Cpl. Ismael Ortega
Sgt. Keonaona Paulo
Lance Cpl. Joseph Peterson
Sgt. Logan Pierce
Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles
Lance Cpl. Robert Reeves
OR-4 Vivienne Rodrigues
Lance Cpl. Joshua Rudy
Sgt. Christopher Rye
Lance Cpl. Sean Searfus
Regional Command Southwest Team
Lt. Col. Stewart Upton
Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore
Cpl. Anthony Ward Jr
Cpl. Michael Warren
Featured Video
Joint Force Interoperability
Members of the Afghan Air Force and U.S. Air Force land at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 12, 2012. Both armed forces have been working together to ensure stability throughout the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo/Released) Also available in high definition
Video by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
Recent Photos
(6863 votes; 2.95)
Portable communications tower
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 3 (MASS-3), Marine Aircraft Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), in support of Regimental Combat Team 6, lay...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Raul Gonzalez | RC-SW | 09.15.2012
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 3 (MASS-3), Marine Aircraft Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), in support of Regimental Combat Team 6, lay...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Raul Gonzalez | RC-SW | 09.15.2012
Safety precautions
A U.S. Marine with Marine Air Support Squadron 3 (MASS-3), Marine Aircraft Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) in support of Regimental Combat Team 6, digs...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Raul Gonzalez | RC-SW | 09.14.2012
A U.S. Marine with Marine Air Support Squadron 3 (MASS-3), Marine Aircraft Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) in support of Regimental Combat Team 6, digs...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Raul Gonzalez | RC-SW | 09.14.2012
Idaho twins reconnect, unite in combat zone
Sgt. David Haines, left, the Afghan National Army development chief, Afghan National Security Force Development, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), and his twin...
Photo by Sgt. John Jackson | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
Sgt. David Haines, left, the Afghan National Army development chief, Afghan National Security Force Development, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), and his twin...
Photo by Sgt. John Jackson | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
Afghan pilot follows father’s footsteps, flies in...
Afghan Air Force MI-17 helicopters will support Afghan National Army soldiers with resupply and casualty evacuations during Operation Azadi. This marks the first time...
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
Afghan Air Force MI-17 helicopters will support Afghan National Army soldiers with resupply and casualty evacuations during Operation Azadi. This marks the first time...
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
Joint Force Interoperability
Members of the Afghan Air Force and U.S. Air Force land at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 12, 2012. Both armed forces have been working together...
Photo by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
Members of the Afghan Air Force and U.S. Air Force land at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 12, 2012. Both armed forces have been working together...
Photo by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
11 years later, 9/11 memorial ceremony honors deceased
Sergeant Vincent Laughlin, a motor transport operator, left, Sgt. Joshua Williams, the adjutant noncommissioned officer in charge, center, and Cpl. Valentino Nevarez,...
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
Sergeant Vincent Laughlin, a motor transport operator, left, Sgt. Joshua Williams, the adjutant noncommissioned officer in charge, center, and Cpl. Valentino Nevarez,...
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
Recent Video
(872 votes; 2.85)
Joint Force Interoperability
Members of the Afghan Air Force and U.S. Air Force land at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 12, 2012. Both armed forces have been working together...
Video by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
Members of the Afghan Air Force and U.S. Air Force land at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 12, 2012. Both armed forces have been working together...
Video by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
Regional Command Southwest's "9/11" Memorial Ceremony
B-Roll of Regional Command Southwest's 9/11 Memorial Ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Soundbite from Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Commanding General,...
Video by Sgt. John Jackson | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
B-Roll of Regional Command Southwest's 9/11 Memorial Ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Soundbite from Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Commanding General,...
Video by Sgt. John Jackson | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
Capt. William Youssef 9/11 Interview
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey Pilot, Capt. William Youssef, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft...
Video by Cpl. Gregory Moore | RC-SW | 09.10.2012
U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey Pilot, Capt. William Youssef, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft...
Video by Cpl. Gregory Moore | RC-SW | 09.10.2012
HMLA-469 Air Interdiction Force
U.S. Marines with the air interdiction force (AIF) assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing,...
Video by Cpl. Gregory Moore | RC-SW | 09.07.2012
U.S. Marines with the air interdiction force (AIF) assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing,...
Video by Cpl. Gregory Moore | RC-SW | 09.07.2012
VMGR-352 Aircraft Escorts Ospreys to Arabian Sea
B-Roll of a KC-130J with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 escorting four MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 from Helmand province,...
Video by Sgt. John Jackson | RC-SW | 09.06.2012
B-Roll of a KC-130J with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 escorting four MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 from Helmand province,...
Video by Sgt. John Jackson | RC-SW | 09.06.2012
Lt. Dan Band RC(SW) Concert Open 2012
Maj. Gen. Charles Gurganus, commanding general, Regional Command Southwest, and other leadership and personnel aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan show their support...
Video by Staff Sgt. Brian Buckwalter | RC-SW | 09.04.2012
Maj. Gen. Charles Gurganus, commanding general, Regional Command Southwest, and other leadership and personnel aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan show their support...
Video by Staff Sgt. Brian Buckwalter | RC-SW | 09.04.2012
Recent News Stories
(610 votes; 2.98)
Afghan pilot follows father’s footsteps, flies in...
Afghan Air Force MI-17 helicopters arrive in a whirlwind of dust and debris as their rotors disrupt the ground below them.
Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.14.2012
Afghan Air Force MI-17 helicopters arrive in a whirlwind of dust and debris as their rotors disrupt the ground below them.
Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.14.2012
Idaho twins reconnect, unite in combat zone
While Sgt. David Haines and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Haines do not necessarily compete against one another, the 24-year-old twin brothers often wrangle back...
Story by Sgt. John Jackson | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
While Sgt. David Haines and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Haines do not necessarily compete against one another, the 24-year-old twin brothers often wrangle back...
Story by Sgt. John Jackson | RC-SW | 09.12.2012
An Afghan soldier’s desire for Afghanistan
Countless men and women have stepped up and honored their country by serving in their nation’s military.
Story by Cpl. Anthony Ward Jr | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
Countless men and women have stepped up and honored their country by serving in their nation’s military.
Story by Cpl. Anthony Ward Jr | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
September 11 remembered, service members pay respect 11...
Service members from different branches and different countries gathered together on Camp Leatherneck by the flag pole. The low sun cast long shadows across the...
Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
Service members from different branches and different countries gathered together on Camp Leatherneck by the flag pole. The low sun cast long shadows across the...
Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
Georgia native, corpsman serves country on first deployment
As a senior in high school, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricky Lattimore made the decision to serve his country. One month after his May 2008 graduation, he was on...
Story by Cpl. Mark Garcia | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
As a senior in high school, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ricky Lattimore made the decision to serve his country. One month after his May 2008 graduation, he was on...
Story by Cpl. Mark Garcia | RC-SW | 09.11.2012
1/1 Weapons, brothers in arms with ANA
On the edge of Trek Nawa, an area between the Nawa and Marjah districts, stands a small patrol base where Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers come together and...
Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.10.2012
On the edge of Trek Nawa, an area between the Nawa and Marjah districts, stands a small patrol base where Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers come together and...
Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RC-SW | 09.10.2012
Recent Audio
(45 votes; 3.03)
Petty Officer 2nd Class (HM2) Trenton Belin
Petty Officer 2nd Class (HM2) Trenton Belin, from Bainbridge, Ga., talks to a WTUF-FM/WPAX-AM reporter about his duties as a Navy hospital corpsman providing medical...
Audio by Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore | RC-SW | 08.08.2012
Petty Officer 2nd Class (HM2) Trenton Belin, from Bainbridge, Ga., talks to a WTUF-FM/WPAX-AM reporter about his duties as a Navy hospital corpsman providing medical...
Audio by Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore | RC-SW | 08.08.2012
Petty Officer Shatavia Howell
Petty Officer Shatavia Howell, Stone Mountain, Ga., talks to a WABE-FM reporter about her job as a personnel specialist, growing up in Georgia, being passionate,...
Courtesy Audio | RC-SW | 08.01.2012
Petty Officer Shatavia Howell, Stone Mountain, Ga., talks to a WABE-FM reporter about her job as a personnel specialist, growing up in Georgia, being passionate,...
Courtesy Audio | RC-SW | 08.01.2012
Col. Hooks
Talks with Seapower Magazine about the plan of action for his command and the things they are doing to prepare to withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Audio by 1st Lt. Joanna Cappeto | RC-SW | 07.30.2012
Talks with Seapower Magazine about the plan of action for his command and the things they are doing to prepare to withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Audio by 1st Lt. Joanna Cappeto | RC-SW | 07.30.2012
PS3 Shatavia Howell,
PS3 Shatavia Howell, Atlanta, Ga. talks to a WRAS-FM reporter in Atlanta, Ga., about her job as a personnel specialist, joining the Navy after high school, cultural...
Audio by Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore | RC-SW | 07.27.2012
PS3 Shatavia Howell, Atlanta, Ga. talks to a WRAS-FM reporter in Atlanta, Ga., about her job as a personnel specialist, joining the Navy after high school, cultural...
Audio by Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore | RC-SW | 07.27.2012
Sgt. Chelsea McCourt
Sgt. Chelsea McCourt, Conyers, Ga., talks to a WGAU-AM reporter in Athens, Ga., about her job keeping track of all personnel in and out of country, joining the...
Audio by Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore | RC-SW | 07.26.2012
Sgt. Chelsea McCourt, Conyers, Ga., talks to a WGAU-AM reporter in Athens, Ga., about her job keeping track of all personnel in and out of country, joining the...
Audio by Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore | RC-SW | 07.26.2012
Sgt. James Peacock
Sgt. James Peacock, from Warner Robins, Ga., talks to a WDUN-AM reporter about his duties as a explosive ordnance disposal technician deployed to Afghanistan.
Audio by Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore | RC-SW | 07.20.2012
Sgt. James Peacock, from Warner Robins, Ga., talks to a WDUN-AM reporter about his duties as a explosive ordnance disposal technician deployed to Afghanistan.
Audio by Master Sgt. Brenda Varnadore | RC-SW | 07.20.2012