Clockwise from top left, 1st Lieutenant John Neail, tank commander, Cpl. Christian Bills, gunner, Lance Cpl. Robert Benaridez driver, Lance Cpl. Patrick Bellinger, loader, the crew for the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank named “Star Lord” participated in Desert Scimitar aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Desert Scimitar enables 1st Marine Division to test and refine its command and control capabilities and ensures 1st Marine Division units remain committed to consistently improving the quality of their training efforts and their resultant warfighting capabilities. - Clockwise from top left, 1st Lieutenant John Neail, tank commander, Cpl. Christian Bills, gunner, Lance Cpl. Robert Benaridez driver, Lance Cpl. Patrick Bellinger, loader, the crew for the M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank named “Star Lord” participated in Desert Scimitar aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Desert Scimitar enables 1st Marine Division to test and refine its command and control capabilities and ensures 1st Marine Division units remain committed to consistently improving the quality of their training efforts and their resultant warfighting capabilities.
Corporals Augusto R. Carlin and Deneaga D. McMillian, supply Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, take a moment during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 to take a photo before both Marines return home as the exercise comes to a close aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 15, 2015 . Carlin was inspired to join the military by his grandfather, George Carlin, who was a general in the Peruvian army. Although he was originally inspired to join the military by his family, he never anticipated the family he would find in the Marine Corps. - Corporals Augusto R. Carlin and Deneaga D. McMillian, supply Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, take a moment during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 to take a photo before both Marines return home as the exercise comes to a close aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 15, 2015 . Carlin was inspired to join the military by his grandfather, George Carlin, who was a general in the Peruvian army. Although he was originally inspired to join the military by his family, he never anticipated the family he would find in the Marine Corps.
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Corporal Osmar S. Gorish, a section chief for Battery A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, returns to his team with the new orders from his executive officer during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 20, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Desert Scimitar allows Division units to train in order to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands. - Corporal Osmar S. Gorish, a section chief for Battery A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, returns to his team with the new orders from his executive officer during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 20, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Desert Scimitar allows Division units to train in order to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands.
Veteran Cpl Josue Barron of Cudahy, CA, maneuvers around the defense of Cpl Marcus Chischilly of Phoenix, AZ in the wheelchair basketball competition. The Marine Corps Trials are a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Marine Veterans, and international allies compete in archery, cycling, field, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track, and wheelchair basketball. The 2014 Marine Corps Trials are held aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. from March 4-12. - Veteran Cpl Josue Barron of Cudahy, CA, maneuvers around the defense of Cpl Marcus Chischilly of Phoenix, AZ in the wheelchair basketball competition. The Marine Corps Trials are a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Marine Veterans, and international allies compete in archery, cycling, field, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track, and wheelchair basketball. The 2014 Marine Corps Trials are held aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. from March 4-12.
Marines with Force Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, set security and assemble the canopy and mounted weapon of the Internally Transportable Vehicle during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines can be inserted not only with ITVs, but by parachute jumping or even on foot. - Marines with Force Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, set security and assemble the canopy and mounted weapon of the Internally Transportable Vehicle during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines can be inserted not only with ITVs, but by parachute jumping or even on foot.
Corporal Christian B. Swanholm, a field artillery cannoneer with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, embraces his crying wife after a seven-month deployment aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 23, 2015. Marines arrived from the early hours of the morning until the late hours of the night to greet their family and friends. - Corporal Christian B. Swanholm, a field artillery cannoneer with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, embraces his crying wife after a seven-month deployment aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 23, 2015. Marines arrived from the early hours of the morning until the late hours of the night to greet their family and friends.
Sergeant Michael V. Hall II, a field radio operator with 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, listens to remarks from his commanding officer during his Purple Heart ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 11. Hall sustained wounds in Afghanistan while serving with Georgia Liaison Team 10 in November 2013. - Sergeant Michael V. Hall II, a field radio operator with 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, listens to remarks from his commanding officer during his Purple Heart ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 11. Hall sustained wounds in Afghanistan while serving with Georgia Liaison Team 10 in November 2013.
Lance Cpl. Connor J. Shellabarger, a machine gunner for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, listens in along with his junior Marine, on the corrections his instructor has for him during a machine gun course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 4, 2015. Shellabarger is bonding with his junior Marine to create the camaraderie Marines are known for. - Lance Cpl. Connor J. Shellabarger, a machine gunner for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, listens in along with his junior Marine, on the corrections his instructor has for him during a machine gun course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 4, 2015. Shellabarger is bonding with his junior Marine to create the camaraderie Marines are known for.
Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conduct amphibious raids and military operations on urban terrain during Exercise Iron Fist 15 aboard Camp Pendleton on Feb. 3, 2015. Exercise Iron Fist 15 is an annual bilateral training exercise between U.S. and Japanese military forces that builds their combined ability to conduct amphibious and land-based contingency operations. IF15, currently in its tenth iteration, is scheduled from Jan. 26 to Feb. 27, 2015, in southern California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released) - Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conduct amphibious raids and military operations on urban terrain during Exercise Iron Fist 15 aboard Camp Pendleton on Feb. 3, 2015. Exercise Iron Fist 15 is an annual bilateral training exercise between U.S. and Japanese military forces that builds their combined ability to conduct amphibious and land-based contingency operations. IF15, currently in its tenth iteration, is scheduled from Jan. 26 to Feb. 27, 2015, in southern California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)