Lance Corporal Tyler Mitchell shows us how Marines participating in Cobra Gold 2013 helped a community come together.
Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force participating in Artillery Relocation Training Program 12-4 will begin routine, regularly scheduled artillery training Feb. 15 at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area.
An explosive charge detonates Feb. 8 at Camp Schwab during basic demolition training hosted by 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company. During the training, Marines learned about assorted shaped charges, common types of explosives and demolition charge preparation. The company is part of 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Photo by Cpl. Mark W. Stroud
Cpl. Robert A. O’Connell places an improvised shaped charge on a piece of steel-plate armor Feb. 8 at Camp Schwab during basic demolition training. Sticks were used to isolate the effects of the shaped charge, providing a safe stand-off distance for when Marines detonate the charge. O’Connell is a combat engineer with 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, III MEF. Photo by Cpl. Mark W. Stroud
Lance Cpl. Adam A. Abbett uses a right-angle knot to attach a charge to a length of detonation cord Feb. 8 at Camp Schwab during basic demolition training. The training was hosted by Marines with 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, III MEF. Abbett is a motor vehicle mechanic with 9th ESB. Photo by Cpl. Mark W. Stroud
The combination of wine bottles and high explosives is not typically associated with military training, but the Marines of 3rd Explosive Ordnance Company used the unlikely duo, among other training devices, to conduct realistic basic demolition training Feb. 8 at Camp Schwab.
Lance Cpl. Terence A. Hawkins Jr. packs a linear shaped charge with C-4 Feb. 8 at Camp Schwab during basic demolition training. The linear charge was used to cut through a piece of steel-plate armor. Hawkins is a motor vehicle operator with 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, III MEF. Photo by Cpl. Mark W. Stroud
Senior leaders from different cultures, backgrounds and beliefs sit together in no particular order. Without prejudice, all are joined by a common thread — their sense of service to country.
When one thinks of personnel who respond to emergencies or crises on Okinawa, they tend to picture Marines with the Provost Marshal’s Office or Navy medical personnel with U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa.
Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. gives opening remarks on the significance of the equal opportunity senior leadership workshop Jan. 30 at the Ocean Breeze on Camp Foster. Glueck emphasized the importance of understanding one’s self and realizing how individual biases and prejudices can be harmful unless everyone is aware of them and how they impact the effectiveness of leadership, as well as the Marine Corps’ combat readiness. Glueck is the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force. (Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Keith E. Turner)
Col. John E. Kasperski (right) discusses some of the functions of Combat Logistics Regiment 35 Feb. 5 at Camp Kinser with (left to right) Alfred R. Magleby, Matt O’Connor and John E. Buhler of the Consulate General’s office, Naha. Magleby and his colleagues visited the camp to gain a better understanding of some of its functions. Kasperski is the Camp Kinser commander and Magleby is the consul general, Naha. Photo by Lance Cpl. Adam B. Miller
Marines attach a stretcher to a single-rope bridge during the final portion of a tactical rope suspension techniques instructor course Feb. 7 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves. Instructors with the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., traveled to Okinawa to teach the course Jan. 28 - Feb. 7 to increase the number of qualified instructors to support training at JWTC. Photo by Pfc. Kasey Peacock
CAMP COURTNEY — Marines and sailors with III Marine Expeditionary Force returned to Okinawa following the conclusion of the Nepal humanitarian assistance and disaster relief table-top exercise.
Maj. Jason Johnson discusses courses of action for responding to a simulated earthquake with members of the government of Nepal, Nepalese Army and U.S. Army Pacific Feb. 5 in Kathmandu, Nepal, during the Nepal humanitarian assistance and disaster relief table-top exercise. The purpose of the exercise, conducted Feb. 2-8, was to improve III Marine Expeditionary Force’s ability to respond to an HADR scenario in Nepal through coordination and planning with the government of Nepal, U.S. Departments of Defense and State, international and national agencies, and multinational parties. Johnson is a civil affairs officer with III MEF. (Photo by 2nd Lt. Jeremy Alexander)