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Aussies Visit the 1st Marine Division - Aussies Visit the 1st Marine Division

Aussies reconnect with U.S. Marines at the Blue Diamond

Regimental staff members huddled around the command post of the ‘fighting’ 5th Marine Regiment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Between the offices buzzing with movement on either side of the foyer, and the hallways lined with photos and encased memorabilia from the wars of yesteryear, the building had the air of a living museum.Two special

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Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force. - Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

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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A Marine assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepares an M777 howitzer to fire at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, June 17, 2015. CH-53E Super Stallions transported howitzers and ammunition as part of 1/11’s quarterly exercise to test the artillery Marines’ proficiency and readiness. - A Marine assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepares an M777 howitzer to fire at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, June 17, 2015. CH-53E Super Stallions transported howitzers and ammunition as part of 1/11’s quarterly exercise to test the artillery Marines’ proficiency and readiness.

1/11 brings in steel rain via helicopters

During an exercise, June 17, 2015, a pair of CH-53E Super Stallions emerged from the horizon carrying M777 howitzers, ammunition, and the Marines needed to quickly use the hulking weapons to provide supporting fire.The Super Stallions and their crewmembers worked with the Marines of 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, during the artillery unit’s

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Staff Sgt. Alimare S. Ferrer, civil affairs team chief, Team 2, Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, speaks with an interpreter and Iraqi contractor to discuss the plans for a new school being built in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 12. - Staff Sgt. Alimare S. Ferrer, civil affairs team chief, Team 2, Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, speaks with an interpreter and Iraqi contractor to discuss the plans for a new school being built in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 12.

New schools may set example

Marines with Team 2, Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, visited one of four new schools being constructed in Fallujah, Iraq, recently. The construction projects were launched by the government of Iraq in 2005, but insurgent activity in the city halted progress. Now, the CAG team and Iraqi provincial

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1st Lt. David B. Gilliland, a 24-year-old civil affairs team leader with Civil Affairs Team 3, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, reads over project plans for an irrigation canal being built in the Sophia area of Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 8. Gilliland, a Florence, Ky. native, and his team works to facilitate engineer projects in Ramadi. (Released)(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann) - 1st Lt. David B. Gilliland, a 24-year-old civil affairs team leader with Civil Affairs Team 3, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, reads over project plans for an irrigation canal being built in the Sophia area of Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 8. Gilliland, a Florence, Ky. native, and his team works to facilitate engineer projects in Ramadi. (Released)(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris T. Mann)

Irrigation canal supports Ramadi farmers

Marines with Civil Affairs Team 3, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, assessed a new irrigation system being built in an open expanse of farmland in the Sophia area of Ramadi, Iraq, Oct. 8.The new system is one of six being built to improve the quality of life for many local farmers and civilians living in Ramadi. Each

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