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‘America’s Battalion’ takes on Sierra Nevada Mountains
Story by Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms | Date: 11.02.2012The Marine Corps offers an expansive number of training areas located all around the world. They them take Marines away from their home stations and set them under new and extreme conditions they have not been... Read More
3/7 learns mountain warfare in Bridgeport
Story by Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms | Date: 11.02.2012Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, arrived at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., on Sept. 23, to learn the ins and outs of Marine Corps mountain operations and... Read More
Alaska fisherman’s patience pays off as Marine scout sniper
Courtesy Story | 1st Marine Division | Date: 10.29.2012A six-man team of scout snipers hiked through snowy, mountainous terrain under heavy winds. With freezing temperatures and no warming layers packed, the Marines looked to Sgt. Emmanuel P. Velayo to get them... Read More
Into the mountains
Story by Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms | Date: 10.19.2012The War on Terror is not always fought in the urban setting where food, supplies and ammunition can be provided through normal logistical means. Fighting the enemy takes Marines into regions where common modes... Read More
2nd Recon air raid
Story by Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms | Date: 09.17.2012The hour and a half flight was fatiguing. Even though the KC-130 flew through clear skies, the high buzz of the propellers sounded as if sand was being thrown into it. Read More
