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Sgt. Trevor McLaren, a Klondike, Texas native, is a Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival Trainer Instructor with the Basic School on Marine Corps Base Quantico. McLaren’s parents ran a public pool in his small hometown, which meant he was in the pool nearly everyday of his life even before the Marine Corps.
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Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses airmen, Marines and sailors during an all-hands meeting on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Jan. 16, 2013.
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Sgt. Seth Handy, an instructor of water survival, demonstrates how to effectively swim with gear for Marines during a water survival qualification at Ramer Hall pool Jan. 12. Handy demonstrated different strokes Marines could use to complete that portion of the qualification. The Marine Corps’ water survival program gives Marines the skills to survive possible drowning situations such as going overboard a ship, during vehicle rollovers into a river or any other water-based emergency.
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Sgt. Seth Handy, an instructor of water survival, watches Marines during the water-treading portion of water survival training at Ramer Hall pool Jan. 12. While watching, he gave tips to the Marines on how to conserve energy. The Marine Corps’ water survival program ensures Marines can survive possible drowning situations such as going overboard a ship, during vehicle rollovers into a river or any other water-based emergency.
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Sgt. Seth Handy, an instructor of water survival, prepares to demonstrate a gear drop exercise for Marines participating in a water survival swim qualification at Ramer Hall pool Jan. 12. In a situation where a Marine could drown, the Marine’s gear must be dropped within seconds to escape. The Marine Corps’ water survival program prepares Marines to survive possible life-threatening, situations in the water.
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Lance Cpl. Adam Henderson, a 19-year-old native of Clark, S.D., and the chaplain
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A Bangalore torpedo explodes, January 10 at Engineer Training Area 3. Marines used a manufactured Bangalore torpedo while learning the basics to preparing explosives and placing them. After reviewing the basics they moved on to expedient explosives, and then urban breaching. The main focus for Marines after getting down all the basics was learning how to use what’s around them for explosive charges, said Cpl. Rollie Lemons, of Austin, Texas, sapper instructor with 2nd CEB.
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Marines prepare a ditching shot, January 10 at Engineer Training Area 3, under the supervision of an instructor to ensure safety for the Marines and that the charge is properly put together. Marines practiced the basics before moving on to other portions of the range. Practicing the basics is what allows for them to build on and advance in their knowledge of different explosives and their many uses.
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A fireball erupts from a ring of fire, January 10, at Engineer Training Area 3, a circuit of explosives that Marines put together moments before as part of the basics learned by Marines during the three-day classes and one day of rehearsals. What the instructors wanted the Marines to really gain from this training were the basics. Learning the basics here offers the Marines a foundation to build on for the future, said Sgt. Steven Kenner, a chief instructor with 2nd CEB.
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Marines, with 2nd Combat Engineering Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, brace in line behind a blast blanket while a charge is set off. The blanket serves as a shield between flying debris and Marines who were standing just feet away from the door after placing explosives on it. Instructors at Engineer Training Area 3 and Marines worked together, January 10, so Marines could learn basic urban breaching skills for their scheduled deployment to Afghanistan. The main focus for Marines after getting down all the basics was learning how to use what’s around them for explosive charges, said Cpl. Rollie Lemons, of Austin, Texs, sapper instructor with 2nd CEB.
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Marines and their instructor brace against the blast of a door charge, January 10, at Engineer Training Area 3. For many of the junior Marines it was their first time doing a live fire urban breaching exercise, said Sgt. Richard Hill. And it was important for them to get the training since Charlie Company wouldn’t have time to go through Mojave Viper training in Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif., before their scheduled deployment.
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A sapper instructor with Engineering Training Area 3, helps a Marine lay a manufactured Bangalore January 10 at the range to gain hands-on experience in creating entrances for Marines through obstacles. What the instructors wanted the Marines to really gain from this training were the basics. Learning the basics here offers the Marines a foundation to build on in Afghanistan, said Sgt. Steven Kenner, a chief instructor with 2nd CEB.
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Terrence O’Grady and family receive condolences from Marines during the burial ceremony of Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer at Arlington National Cemetary, Va., Jan. 14, 2012. O
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1st Lt. Margaret A. Brewer inspects members of the Women Marine Company, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, in Norfolk, Va., Dec. 7, 1955.
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Capt. Margaret A. Brewer is pictured here Nov. 25, 1958. Brewer went on to become the first female Marine general May 11, 1978.
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Col. Margaret A. Brewer, left, succeeds Col. Jeanette T. Sustad as director of Women Marines Jan. 31, 1973. Brewer was the seventh and final director. At the right is Gen. Robert E. Cushman Jr., 25th commandant of the Marine Corps.
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