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A 20-mile tactical march into a demanding combat eval ― this Marine regiment just did it

Marines with the 5th Marine Regiment recently completed the largest combat evaluation of the unit since the Corps changed standards to the test, including adding more than seven miles to the hike.The 1st and 2nd Battalions with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, did a 20-mile hike with a 70-pound assault load in under eight hours before

Gas! Gas! Gas!: Steel Knight 2016

“Gas! Gas! Gas!,” rang throughout the Regimental Combat Team 5’s combat operations center aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 13, 2015.Marines and sailors, already in mission oriented protective posture gear, or MOPP, scrambled to throw their protective masks over their faces. Less than 15 seconds later,

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Steel Knight: 2/4's eyes in sky

Over the wind-swept mountains of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, a faint buzz floats over four armored vehicles, the source of the sound is invisible to the naked eye in the twilight hour of the evening.Marines assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, posture far away with

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Rumble in the Jungle: 1st Recon Marines train in Hawaii

As clouds covered the sky and rain fell upon the jungle canopy, two teams of reconnaissance Marines stepped out into the darkness to begin a training mission unlike most of them had ever encountered.Marines with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted jungle reconnaissance and surveillance training aboard Marine

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1st CEB clears path for Steel Knight

Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, executed a simulated, route clearance drill and evaluation during Exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 13, 2015.Steel Knight is a 1st Mar. Div. led exercise, which enables the Marines and sailors to operate in a realistic

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Artillery launches Steel Knight at MCAGCC

The opening fires of the 1st Marine Division’s Exercise Steel Knight commenced at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Dec. 10, 2015 with shouts of artillerymen, the yank of a chord and the satisfying decimation of targets.“We are shooting in support of [1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 1st Tank Battalion],”

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Marines getting feet wet during opening of Steel Knight 2016

The 1st Marine Division launched Steel Knight by securing beachhead at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California the early morning of Dec. 4, 2015.Following infiltration and follow-on surveillance conducted by 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Marines, Marines with 1st Bn., 1st Marine Regiment, surged from the amphibious assault vehicles operated by

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Recon falls into action: Marines execute parachute ops

Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division sharpened their airborne abilities by conducting static-line parachute operations and free fall jump training aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 16, 2015.1st Recon Bn’s mission is to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance in support of the division’s operations.

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'Darkside' returns

Third Battalion, 4th Marines, 7th Marine Regiment, unfurled its battle colors during a reactivation ceremony held at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field, Sept. 17, 2015.

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Fighting Fifth Marines blitz Camp Pendleton beach

Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conducted an amphibious landing as part of Exercise Dawn Blitz on the beaches of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 5, 2015.Dawn Blitz is a multinational, amphibious training exercise designed to hone the amphibious landing skills of I Marine Expeditionary Brigade,

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