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

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.

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.

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.

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)