Sergeant Edwin Lopez, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, poses for a portrait aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 7, 2016. Lopez said the Marine Corps provided the 25-year-old, San Marcos native to become a successful leader within the infantry community, deploying four separate times to places such as Okinawa and Afghanistan. - Sergeant Edwin Lopez, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, poses for a portrait aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 7, 2016. Lopez said the Marine Corps provided the 25-year-old, San Marcos native to become a successful leader within the infantry community, deploying four separate times to places such as Okinawa and Afghanistan.
Major Gen. Daniel J. O’Donohue (right), the new commanding general of 1st Marine Division, hands the unit’s colors to Sgt. Maj. William T. Sowers (left), division’s sergeant major, during the change of command ceremony in which Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo passed command to O’Donohue aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 10, 2015. O’Donohue is taking command of the division after recently commanding Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie A. Curtis) - Major Gen. Daniel J. O’Donohue (right), the new commanding general of 1st Marine Division, hands the unit’s colors to Sgt. Maj. William T. Sowers (left), division’s sergeant major, during the change of command ceremony in which Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo passed command to O’Donohue aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 10, 2015. O’Donohue is taking command of the division after recently commanding Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie A. Curtis)
Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, maneuver their light armored vehicles off Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs) from the Navy’s Assault Craft Unit 5, during an amphibious raid demonstration in conjunction with a visit from the secretary of defense, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 27, 2015. The LCACs transported the LAVs and Marines from the USS New Orleans (LDP 18) while Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Mar. Div. used amphibious assault vehicles with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Mar. Div. to assault their objective. - Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, maneuver their light armored vehicles off Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs) from the Navy’s Assault Craft Unit 5, during an amphibious raid demonstration in conjunction with a visit from the secretary of defense, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 27, 2015. The LCACs transported the LAVs and Marines from the USS New Orleans (LDP 18) while Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Mar. Div. used amphibious assault vehicles with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Mar. Div. to assault their objective.