U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 3D Amphibian Assault Battalion, 15TH Marine Expeditionary Unit, land their AAVPV7 amphibious assault crafts on to the well deck aboard the USS Comstock (LSD-45), Mar. 26, 2012. The landing is part of a 12 nautical-mile test to prove the vehicle's capabilities and viability to the U.S. Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Ross Waldman/Not Reviewed) - U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 3D Amphibian Assault Battalion, 15TH Marine Expeditionary Unit, land their AAVPV7 amphibious assault crafts on to the well deck aboard the USS Comstock (LSD-45), Mar. 26, 2012. The landing is part of a 12 nautical-mile test to prove the vehicle's capabilities and viability to the U.S. Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Ross Waldman/Not Reviewed)
Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, presents an award to 1st Lt. Scott A. Whipple, a platoon commander with Hotel Company, 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion, and wife Meera Whipple, July 18. Whipple received the award for saving an officer when he swam more than 400 meters in rough water from the shoreline to pull a drowning officer to safety. (U.S. Marines Corps photo by Pfc. Timothy J. Lenzo) - Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, presents an award to 1st Lt. Scott A. Whipple, a platoon commander with Hotel Company, 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion, and wife Meera Whipple, July 18. Whipple received the award for saving an officer when he swam more than 400 meters in rough water from the shoreline to pull a drowning officer to safety. (U.S. Marines Corps photo by Pfc. Timothy J. Lenzo)