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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dustin Cuto, observes a tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey land during a casualty evacuation training evolution for Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Sept. 7, 2015. Dawn Blitz 2015 is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in operations expected of an amphibious task force while also building U.S. and coalition operational interoperability.
Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force work together with personnel with various units from 1st Marine Division, in the course of a period of instruction about radio waves during a high frequency communications training exercise at Air Force Base Gila Bend, Ariz., Aug. 24, 2015. Marines from different units within I MEF worked together to practice operating different types of communications assets in the HF circuit in order to improve their skills.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jake Sanders braces for take off in a tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey during a casualty evacuation training evolution for Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif, Sept. 7, 2015. Dawn Blitz 2015 is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in operations expected of an amphibious task force while also building U.S. and coalition operational interoperability.
U.S. Marines with the Combined Anti-Armor Team within 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team, ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practices employing hunter-killer techniques with multiple weapons platforms during sustainment training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.
A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Super Cobra takes flight as Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 Reinforced, the air-combat element of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct flight operations as part of the Realistic Urban Training exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Aug. 31, 2015. RUT is the final ground-based training requirement prior to deployment, as the 13th MEU moves toward operating embarked at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Briauna Birl/Released)
Air Department sailors signal to an MV-22 Osprey, attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163, as it prepares to land on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 31, 2015. Boxer is currently underway off the coast of southern California participating in Dawn Blitz 2015. DB-15 is a multinational training exercise being conducted by Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade to build U.S., Japan, Mexico and New Zealand’s amphibious, and command and control capabilities through live, simulated, and constructive military training activities.
Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, roll through smoke to meet Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, during an integrated exercise at Landing Zone Dodo, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 2, 2015. The purpose of the exercise was to allow Marine infantry and tankers to work together.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andres Bravo fires an AT4 rocket at a target during sustainment training in Kuwait, Aug. 26, 2015. Bravo is a rifleman with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. During the training, Marines refined their marksmanship with the AT4. Elements of the 15th MEU are ashore in Kuwait for sustainment training to maintain and enhance the skills they developed during their pre-deployment training period. The 15th MEU is embarked with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
Mexican Navy ships, ARM Usumacinta and ARM Revolucion, sail off the coast of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 6, 2015 during Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015. Mexican Naval Forces are participating in Exercise Dawn Blitz for the first time in 2015, with the hope of developing a stronger and more effective amphibious presence.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip Lopez (front) and Seaman Jordan Saco, U.S. Navy Corpsmen with Shock Trauma Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, the logistics combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a simulated casualty on a stretcher to the rear of a medical aid vehicle at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, during training to familiarize medical personnel with attending to casualties arriving on the flight line at Realistic Urban Training (RUT) Exercise, Sept. 2, 2015. RUT is the final ground-based training requirement prior to deployment as the 13th MEU moves toward operating embarked at sea.
A display for Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (ret.) is showcased during his memorial service at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Sept. 3, 2015. Petersen died Aug. 25, 2015, after succumbing to lung cancer. Petersen was the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and general officer.
Members of Company “H”, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines and Rear Adm. Brent W. Scott, the Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps, return from laying a wreath during a Remembrance Ceremony held at the Marine Corps War Memorial at Arlington, Va., Sept. 3. The wreath was laid in honor of the 74 Marines and sailors who did not come home.
Pfc. Anthony C. Alamillo and Pfc. Nathan S. Barnes, mortarmen with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provide support fire with a M224A1 60mm Mortar System during Exercise Chosin, a squad-level training evolution, at Range 410, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 26, 2015. The Marines with Weapons Company provided support to E Company as they executed an assault course.
Lance Cpl. Gabriel J. Weaver, rifleman with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provides cover fire for his squad during an assault course as part of Exercise Chosin, a squad-level training evolution, at Range 410, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 26, 2015.
A Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commando demonstrates his swimming technique during a swim assessment by personnel with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, during a swim assessment in Dakar, Senegal, Aug. 28, 2015. The assessment was conducted to ensure the COFUMACO are capable and confident in the water before they conduct small-boat operations training together in the following weeks.
Air Department sailors signal to an MV-22 Osprey, attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163, as it prepares to land on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) on the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 31, 2015. Boxer is currently underway off the coast of southern California participating in Dawn Blitz 2015. DB-15 is a multinational training exercise being conducted by Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade to build U.S., Japan, Mexico and New Zealand’s amphibious, and command and control capabilities through live, simulated, and constructive military training activities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesse Monford/Released)
A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security during atop an Amphibious Assault Vehicle during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 25, 2015. The FSCEX is a SPMAGTF and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit combined arms exercise designed to promote interoperability between the two Marine Corps contingency response forces in the Central Command Area of Operations. The 15th MEU is embarked on the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Boynes)
U.S. Marine Sgt. Danny Holzworth, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller, with the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command calls in mortar strikes during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise in an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 25, 2015. The FSCEX is a SPMAGTF and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit combined arms exercise designed to promote interoperability between the two Marine Corps contingency response forces in the Central Command Area of Operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Boynes)
Corporals Marc A. Rivera, left, and David B. Gale get sprayed with OC during the Non-Lethal Weapons Instructor Course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 27, 2015. Before the students earn instructor certification as non-lethal weapons instructors, they must familiarize themselves with the spray by experiencing its effects firsthand. Rivera, from Springfield, Massachusetts, and Gale, from Kennewick, Washington, are both chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists with 3rd Marine Division Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and will have the collateral duty of non-lethal weapons instructors upon completion of the course.
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, help a simulated casualty to a CH-53E Super Stallion during a casualty evacuation drill aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 10, 2015. A simulated improvised explosive device attack left the Marines with a disabled vehicle and two wounded Marines awaiting evacuation by helicopter.
A Marine with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force shoots a M2 .50 Caliber Heavy Machine Gun from the top of a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle during a week-long field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 27, 2015. The Marines were conducting this training in order to uphold their readiness and standards in support of II Marine Expeditionary Force and to re-familiarize themselves with the weapons system. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)
A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 descends to a secured landing zone during a simulated casualty evacuation aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 10, 2015. The simulation gave Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group an opportunity to prepare for casualty response during future operations.
Crossing the danger zone between two buidlings, Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, secure entry to the building they are to clear as part of their military operations in urban terrain training aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 26, 2015. They began with team movements and worked their way up to sqaud-level sized movements. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Miranda Faughn/released)
Marines with multiple units assist Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, by acting as the opposing forces occupying this simulated village during a field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 25, 2015. Marines with 1/8 assaulted a simulated town, set up a defensive position and waited to repel simulated attacks in preparation for their upcoming deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response.
The U.S. Secretary of Defense, the honorable Mr. Ashton Carter congratulates a young reconnaissance Marine on a job well done following a combined arms raid aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 27, 2015. Carter met with senior military leaders and service members and witnessed ship-to-shore operations, a capability synonymous with Navy and Marine Corps teams in order to assess the need to better support military capabilities.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dustin Cuto, observes a tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey land during a casualty evacuation training evolution for Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Sept. 7, 2015. Dawn Blitz 2015 is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in operations expected of an amphibious task force while also building U.S. and coalition operational interoperability.
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