Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment watch as the regiment's Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial reaches it final location at Camp San Mateo's Memorial Garden here, May 20, 2013. The Patriot Guard Riders escorted the 7-ton Barre granite memorial from Barre, Vt., to Camp Pendleton during the course of 10 days. - Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment watch as the regiment's Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial reaches it final location at Camp San Mateo's Memorial Garden here, May 20, 2013. The Patriot Guard Riders escorted the 7-ton Barre granite memorial from Barre, Vt., to Camp Pendleton during the course of 10 days.
Marines serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 7th Engineer Support Battalion demonstrate bridging capabilities at the Camp Del Mar basin here, May 16, 2013. The Improved Ribbon Bridge is designed to carry heavy vehicles including the M1A1 Abrams Tank. During the demonstration, the bridge supported an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge traveling into the basin. - Marines serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 7th Engineer Support Battalion demonstrate bridging capabilities at the Camp Del Mar basin here, May 16, 2013. The Improved Ribbon Bridge is designed to carry heavy vehicles including the M1A1 Abrams Tank. During the demonstration, the bridge supported an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge traveling into the basin.
Marines serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, prepare to start their assault on an enemy position during a training exercise here, May 15, 2013. The training was designed to give fire team leaders and squad leaders practice leading their infantrymen in combat situation. - Marines serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, prepare to start their assault on an enemy position during a training exercise here, May 15, 2013. The training was designed to give fire team leaders and squad leaders practice leading their infantrymen in combat situation.
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, retrograde gear and equipment as part of the demilitarization process here, May 11. "America's Battalion" completes combat logistics convoys that aid in the demilitarization and closing of FOBs within their area of operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Mel Johnson) - Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, retrograde gear and equipment as part of the demilitarization process here, May 11. "America's Battalion" completes combat logistics convoys that aid in the demilitarization and closing of FOBs within their area of operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Mel Johnson)
Navy Capt. Guy Lee, 1st Marine Division chaplain and a San Francisco native, examines rosters of sailors and Marines here, May 14, 2013. Under Marine Administrative Message 075/13, the increases of Military and Family Life Consultants are at no cost to the Marine Corps and solely funded by the Department of Defense. Chaplains and MFLCs work together in a new program that gives Marines and sailors an opportunity to develop coping skills for a variety of military and family challenges with short-term, nonmedical and solution-focused counseling. - Navy Capt. Guy Lee, 1st Marine Division chaplain and a San Francisco native, examines rosters of sailors and Marines here, May 14, 2013. Under Marine Administrative Message 075/13, the increases of Military and Family Life Consultants are at no cost to the Marine Corps and solely funded by the Department of Defense. Chaplains and MFLCs work together in a new program that gives Marines and sailors an opportunity to develop coping skills for a variety of military and family challenges with short-term, nonmedical and solution-focused counseling.
Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, march onto the Camp San Mateo parade deck here on May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel. - Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, march onto the Camp San Mateo parade deck here on May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.
Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Lockwood, the Afghan National Security Forces Cell chief with Regimental Combat Team 7, and 1st Lt. Jeremy Prout, the Afghan National Security Forces Cell liaison officer, pose for a picture during lunch with the Sangin District Chief of Police. The Marines with the cell provide support to the Security Forces Assistance Advisor Teams through administrative and logistical assistance. - Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Lockwood, the Afghan National Security Forces Cell chief with Regimental Combat Team 7, and 1st Lt. Jeremy Prout, the Afghan National Security Forces Cell liaison officer, pose for a picture during lunch with the Sangin District Chief of Police. The Marines with the cell provide support to the Security Forces Assistance Advisor Teams through administrative and logistical assistance.
Corporal Diego Castaneda, a motor transportation maintenance chief serving with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, grabs a wrench from his tool kit before working on a 7-ton truck during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 3, 2013. Castaneda, a native of Gibbon, Neb., is the only mechanic in the battery and is in charge of keeping more than 40 vehicles properly maintained and running. Captain William Turner, the commanding officer of Golf Battery, said thanks to Castaneda's devotion and hard work, the battery is one of the few in 11th Marines that can commute to and from the Combat Center without vehicles breaking down. - Corporal Diego Castaneda, a motor transportation maintenance chief serving with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, grabs a wrench from his tool kit before working on a 7-ton truck during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 3, 2013. Castaneda, a native of Gibbon, Neb., is the only mechanic in the battery and is in charge of keeping more than 40 vehicles properly maintained and running. Captain William Turner, the commanding officer of Golf Battery, said thanks to Castaneda's devotion and hard work, the battery is one of the few in 11th Marines that can commute to and from the Combat Center without vehicles breaking down.
Sergeant Letty Y. Vazquez, a food service specialist serving with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, serves dinner to Marines with 1st Marine Division during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 1, 2013. Vazquez, a 25-year-old native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, was attached to the division for nearly two weeks to prepare and serve hot meals for more than 600 Marines and sailors. Her team of food service specialists often worked more than 20 hours each day to feed the division.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer) - Sergeant Letty Y. Vazquez, a food service specialist serving with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, serves dinner to Marines with 1st Marine Division during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 1, 2013. Vazquez, a 25-year-old native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, was attached to the division for nearly two weeks to prepare and serve hot meals for more than 600 Marines and sailors. Her team of food service specialists often worked more than 20 hours each day to feed the division.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer)
Sergeant Christopher Martinez, the operations chief serving with the fire direction center with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, and a native of Orange County, Calif., sends a fire mission to the gunline during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 2, 2013. The FDC receives target data from forward observers and computes it into firing commands for the gunline. The data has to compensate for wind speed, air pressure, temperature, humidity and other weather conditions that will effect the round during its flight. - Sergeant Christopher Martinez, the operations chief serving with the fire direction center with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, and a native of Orange County, Calif., sends a fire mission to the gunline during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 2, 2013. The FDC receives target data from forward observers and computes it into firing commands for the gunline. The data has to compensate for wind speed, air pressure, temperature, humidity and other weather conditions that will effect the round during its flight.