U.S. MARINES INVOLVED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS
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This gallery features some of the best imagery and video of Marines actively involved in firefights with the enemy.
Video
![Operation Helmand Viper](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x56/frames/video/1209/153664_q75.jpg)
B-roll of scout sniper Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, RCT-6 during Operation Helmand Viper. Also available in high definition.
Courtesy Video | RC-SW | 09.03.12
![Scout Snipers Sight in on Helmand Viper](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x56/frames/video/1208/153442_q75.jpg)
Scout snipers with 1st Battalion, 1st Marines Regimental Combat Team 6, provided surveillance of the battlefield for intelligence gathering while other Marines with...
Video by Cpl. Ed Galo | RCT6 | 08.31.12
![This Is My Life: Lance Cpl. Geoffrey West](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x56/frames/video/1206/147152_q75.jpg)
This is my life is a video journal blog of Marines in Afghanistan, documenting their daily life. This is the second episode following Lance Cpl. Geoffrey West, an...
Video by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1MD | 06.19.12
![Operation Reservoir Dogs](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/frames/video/1205/143684_q75.jpg)
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 conduct a helo-bourne operation in the village of Sabzikar, Helmand...
Video by Sgt. James Mercure | RCT6 | 05.01.12
![Operation Western Storm](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x56/frames/video/1201/136137_q75.jpg)
Package of U.S. Marines with 2nd Platoon, weapons Company, 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment inserting by helicopter across the Helmand River as part of Operation...
Video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Lagoze | 2MARDIV-COMCAM | 12.10.11
![Patrol Base Georgetown Attack](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x56/frames/video/1112/131686_q75.jpg)
Production of U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, taking highly accurate IDF at Patrol Base Georgetown in Kajaki Sofla, Afghanistan on...
Video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Lagoze | 2MARDIV-COMCAM | 11.22.11
![Marines Push Taliban from Kajaki During Eastern Storm](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x56/frames/video/1110/128364_q75.jpg)
Package about U.S. Marines efforts to push Taliban-led forces from the Kajaki district of Helmand province. Produced by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross. Also available in...
Video by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross | 2MARDIV | 10.24.11
![Security Patrol](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x56/frames/video/1111/129530_q75.jpg)
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, conduct security patrols out of Patrol Base Georgia in Sangin, Afghanistan...
Video by Cpl. Eric Wilterdink | RCT8 | 10.15.11
![1st Battalion, 6th Marines - Taliban Attack on Patrol Base](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x56/frames/video/1110/128313_q75.jpg)
Video Production of U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines establishing a Patrol Base in an abandoned compound in the kinetic village of Potay, Sangin District,...
Video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Lagoze | 2MARDIV-COMCAM | 10.05.11
![Operation in Sangin, Afghanistan, Part 1](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/frames/video/1101/104503_q75.jpg)
B-roll of an operation in Sangin, Afghanistan to establish a patrol base and take control of a bridge. Fire fight video, casualty, birds firing rockets, searching and...
Video by Cpl. Daniel Blatter | 1MD | 12.20.10
![Operation Eastern Endeavor](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/frames/video/1012/104287_q75.jpg)
U.S. Marines with Company B., 1st Reconnaissance Battalion engage enemy forces from a patrol base near Sangin, Afghanistan, November 19, 2010. 1st Reconnaissance...
Courtesy Video | 1MD | 11.19.10
![Marine Firefight In Fallujah](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/frames/video/0712/32445_q75.jpg)
B-Roll of Marines sweeping through Fallujah. Scenes include searching house to house for insurgents, weapons and ammunition caches, a Marine kicking in a door.
Courtesy Video | I-MEF-FWD | 02.11.05
Photos
![HMH-362 supports combat operations in Musa Qal'ah district](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x61/photos/1207/635075_q75.jpg)
U.S. Marine Sgt. Chan Lathung, mounts a GAU-21/A heavy machine gun aboard a CH-53D Sea Stallion of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 362 over Musa Qal'ah...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles | RC-SW | 07.26.12
![Black Shield](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/photos/1207/635066_q75.jpg)
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Brian O'Toole with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security for a patrol during...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 07.21.12
![Black Shield](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/photos/1207/635061_q75.jpg)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dustin Combs with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security while a patrol...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 07.21.12
![Black Shield](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/photos/1207/635063_q75.jpg)
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Micha A. Stienpfad, company commander, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security during...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 07.21.12
![2/5 Marines patrol in Ganbum Rece](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/photos/1207/635044_q75.jpg)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Riley A. Goodman, left, and Cpl. Thomas B. Summerlin, both with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, conduct a fire...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 07.17.12
![Marines overcome insurgents, clear Kajaki town during Operation Jaws](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/67x100/photos/1206/607781_q75.jpg)
Staff Sgt. John Wildman, a platoon sergeant with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, takes cover during a firefight, during Operation Jaws, May 28, 2012. The Marines...
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1MD | 05.28.12
![Lejeune Marines and Afghan forces unleash Operation Reservoir Dogs](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/photos/1205/571440_q75.jpg)
Lance Cpl. Christopher Cavey, (foreground) a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native and Lance Cpl. Michael Clingan, a Hagerstown, Maryland native, aims in during a firefight...
Photo by Sgt. James Mercure | RCT6 | 05.01.12
![Evolution of war: A year in Helmand with 2nd Marine Division (Forward)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x60/photos/1202/519251_q75.jpg)
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, take up a position and set an ambush for insurgents during Operation Eastern Storm. The operation was...
Photo by Cpl. James Clark | 2MARDIV | 10.15.11
![Evolution of war: A year in Helmand with 2nd Marine Division (Forward)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x73/photos/1202/519260_q75.jpg)
Marines with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, fire an M982 Excalibur round from an M777 howitzer during a fire support mission. The artillerymen...
Photo by Cpl. Jeff Drew | 2MARDIV | 09.29.11
![Pushing through the shadow of the insurgency](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d2.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x72/photos/1108/446593_q75.jpg)
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment sprint for cover during a...
Photo by Cpl. James Clark | RCT1 | 08.11.11
![Pushing through the shadow of the insurgency](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x72/photos/1108/446594_q75.jpg)
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment return fire during a...
Photo by Cpl. James Clark | RCT1 | 08.11.11
![Pushing through the shadow of the insurgency](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x72/photos/1108/446595_q75.jpg)
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment return fire during a...
Photo by Cpl. James Clark | RCT1 | 08.11.11
News Stories
![First Time, First Firefight – Marine stays focused during combat](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d3.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/photos/1208/649006_q75.jpg)
It’s a moment of truth for many Marines – the first time they are in combat and their training is put to the test.
Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RCT6 | 08.21.12
![Combat: Behind the scenes](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121010071359im_/http://d1.static.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/100x67/photos/1205/585261_q75.jpg)
The Marines and sailors with Regimental Combat Team 6 and its subordinate battalions have been working nonstop on a combat operation referred to as Operation Jaws...
Story by Cpl. Ed Galo | RCT6 | 05.21.12