Pfcs. Greg Zecher and Nicholas Roberts, machine gunners with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, illuminate the night sky by firing tracer rounds from their weapons during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 3 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. The two-day evolution — part of the Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise — enabled “America’s Battalion” to improve its capabilities as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The exercise is their final pre-deployment training event before deploying to Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Cpl. Reece Lodder
LOCATION: TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.
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Future of Garmsir in Afghan Hands
May 15th, 2012 // By Cpl. Reece LodderAmerica’s Battalion Completes Final Helmand Tour GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan — In the fall of 2004, the Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment began a challenging journey that took them to the Middle [Read more...]
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Operation Tageer Shamal
May 14th, 2012 // By Cpl. Reece LodderGARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - The heart of Garmsir district is safe. For the past five years, coalition forces have operated with Afghan National Security Forces to defeat the insurgency in the central Helmand River [Read more...]
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Birth of a Motto
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