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Photolibrary-MCRDPIEmblemCeremony_LPS U.S. Marines with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, prepare to receive their first Eagle, Globe and Anchors during a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 14, 2012. Emotions ran high after completing the Crucible, the culminating event during Marine Corps recruit training before earning the title, United States Marine. Photo by Lcpl Aneshea Yee.
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Photolibrary-FETAfghanistan_LPS U.S. Marines with a female engagement team, Marine Headquarters Group, assist in a vehicle interdiction operation by questioning an Afghan national in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 17, 2012. The Vehicle interdiction operation was conducted to prevent the transportation of drugs and weapons throughout Afghanistan. Photo by Cpl Meghan Gonzales.
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Photolibrary-FETAction_LPS U.S. Marines with a female engagement team, Marine Headquarters Group, assist in a vehicle interdiction operation by questioning an Afghan national in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan May 17, 2012. The Vehicle interdiction operation was conducted to prevent the transportation of drugs and weapons throughout Afghanistan. Photo by Cpl Meghan Gonzales.
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Photolibrary-FireTeam_LPS Marines with 3rd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, conduct a security patrol out of Forward Operating Base Shamsher, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2012. Marines conducted apartnered patrol to disrupt the flow of lethal and illicit aid in the area. Photo by LCpl Jason Morrison.
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Photolibrary-FriendlyFive_LPS Cpl Patrick McCall, a rifleman with the 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, receives a high-five from an Afghan boy during a security patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2012. The Marines conducted the patrol to disrupt the flow of lethal and illicit aid by the enemy in the area. Photo by LCpl Jason Morrison.
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Photolibrary-SniperSchool_LPS Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon mingle with members of Special Shooting Team during Exercise Forest Light 12-01 at the Hijudai Maneuver Area, Oita, Japan, Aug. 21, 2012. The services members later practiced stealth, camouflage and proper shooting techniques. Forest Light is a series of bilateral training exercises with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force designed to enhance military partnership, strengthen regional security agreements, and improve individual and unit-level skills in a bilateral environment. Photo by LCpl Mike Granahan.
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Photolibrary-DustyPatrol_LPS Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, begin a patrol out of Forward Operating Base Shamsher, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 6, 2012. Marines conducted the patrol to disrupt the flow of lethal and illicit aid by the enemy in the area. Photo by LCpl Jason Morrison.
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Photolibrary-GasMask_180x102 Company B Marines with Marine Barracks Washington, break their masks seals inside of a gas contaminated chamber during a training exercise at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Aug. 21. Co. B spent a day at the facility refreshing their knowledge and skills on the M40 gas mask, practice grenades, fragmentation grenades, martial arts and infantryman tactics. Photo by Cpl Dengrier Baez.
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Photolibrary-AnimalPackTraining_180x102 Sgt Justin D. Head, animal packing course chief instructor, exercises his mustang, Hondo, shortly after grazing. The animal packing course is the only one of its kind in the department of defense and teaches Marines and other military personnel how to effectively and efficiently work with beast of burden to transport munitions, supplies and wounded personnel to and from areas inaccessible to mechanized and air transportation. The course, offered at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, teaches an introduction to animal packing, an anatomy of pack animals, animal packing techniques, casualty evacuation techniques, animal first aid and bivouac considerations. Photo by Sgt Aaron Hostutler.
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Photolibrary-Poppy_Walk_180x102 Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, move through a poppy field on their way to Patrol Base Mohmon in the Lui Tal district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 17, 2012. Marines joined with coalition forces at the PB to begin conducting operations in the area. Photo by LCpl Ismael Ortega.
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Photolibrary-Q&A_LPS Marines with a female engagement team, Marine Headquarters Group, assist in a vehicle interdiction operation by questioning an Afghan national in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan May 17, 2012. The Vehicle interdiction operation was conducted to prevent the transportation of drugs and weapons throughout Afghanistan. Photo by Cpl Meghan Gonzales.
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Photolibrary-LegacySMMC_LPS Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (SMMC) Micheal P. Barrett, retired SMMC Carlton W. Kent, retired SMMC John L. Estrada and retired SMMC Alford L. McMichael, lead the funeral procession for retired SgtMaj Henry H. Black, the 7th Sergeant Major of theMarine Corps, at Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle, Va., Aug. 29, 2012. Photo by Cpl Cody A. Fodale.
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PhotoLibrary-ChowTime_LPS U.S. Marines pause to rest between their dismounted patrolling at Saber Strike 2012. The mortarmen and other Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, were involved in a 24-hour field training exercise to culminate the two-week event. 3/25 is a Pennsylvania-based Reserve unit. Saber Strike 2012 is a multinational, tactical field training and command post exercise that involves more than 2,000 personnel from the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the 4th U.S. Marine Division, the 127th Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian armed forces, with contingents from Canada, Finland, France and the U.K. The exercise, led by U.S. Army Europe, is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. Forces and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment. Photo by Sgt Ray Lewis.
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PhotoLibrary-LifetimeService_LPS Marine Corps Body Bearers from Marine Barracks Washington lift the flag off the casket of Gen Samuel Jaskilka (1919-2012), the 16th assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, during his funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery Jan. 26. Jaskilka joined the Marine Corps reserves as a second lieutenant in 1942 and served as the assistant commandant from 1975 until he retired in 1978. Jaskilka was also honored with a flyover of four MV-22 Ospreys during the ceremony. Jaskilka’s awards include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Star Medals, a Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star Medal with a valor device, a World War II Victory Medal, seven Vietnam Service Medals and a United Nations Korea Medal. Photo by Cpl Austin Hazard.
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PhotoLibrary-MarineHonorsFallen_LPS LCpl Robert E. Mills, 20, an automatic rifleman with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, places a helmet on top of the memorial stand for LCpl Jacob A. Meinert, during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Spin Ghar Jan. 20. Meinert, 20, from Fort Atkinson, Wis., was killed Jan. 10 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Photo by Sgt Brian A. Tuthill.
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PhotoLibrary-MansBestFriend_LPS U.S. Marine Corps LCpl Cody Whitis, a military working dog handler, and his dog Gracie rest at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Afghanistan, on April 6, 2011. The team was waiting for a flight to Camp Dwyer, where they received advance training in explosive detection techniques. Photo by Sgt Earnest Barnes.
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PhotoLibrary-OperationBrandingIron_LPS An M1A1 Abrams tank with Alpha Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 6, patrols through the desert north of the Kajaki Dam, May 31. The Marines supported Operation Branding Iron. Photo by Cpl Mark Stroud.
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PhotoLibrary-BaseDefender_LPS LCpl Patrick Raymond Lewis fires at enemy targets during a base defense training exercise at Saber Strike 2012. Lewis, and other Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, was defending a Marine stronghold by neutralizing notional opposing forces. 3/25 is a Pennsylvania-based Reserve unit. The role player was played by a Latvian army soldier. Saber Strike 2012 is a multinational, tactical field training and command post exercise that involves more than 2,000 personnel from the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the 4th U.S. Marine Division, the 127th Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian armed forces, with contingents from Canada, Finland, France and the U.K. The exercise, led by U.S. Army Europe, is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. forces and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment. Photo by Sgt Ray Lewis.
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PhotoLibrary-number1Dad_LPS A Marine with II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group is reunited with his family, April 12, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Marines and sailors of II MHG returned home after a yearlong deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Photo by Cpl James Clark.
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PhotoLibrary-WeHaveYouCovered_LPS U.S. Marines with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10) set up security and await an Explosive Ordinance Disposal team during a patrol through local Afghan settlements in Habbib Abad, Afghanistan, May 28, 2012. 2/10 conducted the patrol to interact with and record data from the local population of Boldak, in support of the International Security Assistance Force. Photo by LCpl Robert Reeves.