Marines

Photos

Filter

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, sets up a defensive position during exercise Steel Knight (SK) 19 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 29, 2018. SK19 is an annual training exercise and assesses the 1st Marine Division’s ability to conduct ground combat operations against a peer or near-peer adversary. The exercise challenges the division’s commanders, staff, and units in a dynamic scenario against a reactive and opposing force to refine the units’ command and control, interoperability, and fundamental warfighting skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Audrey M. C. Rampton)

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, sets up a defensive position during exercise Steel Knight (SK) 19 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 29, 2018. SK19 is an annual training exercise and assesses the 1st Marine Division’s ability to conduct ground combat operations against a peer or near-peer adversary. The exercise challenges the division’s commanders, staff, and units in a dynamic scenario against a reactive and opposing force to refine the units’ command and control, interoperability, and fundamental warfighting skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Audrey M. C. Rampton)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Audrey Rampton

U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division hike through a simulated chemical attack at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 12, 2019. Marines train in extreme environments in order to achieve maximum lethality during the intensity of war. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rhita Daniel)

U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division hike through a simulated chemical attack at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 12, 2019. Marines train in extreme environments in order to achieve maximum lethality during the intensity of war. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rhita Daniel)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniel

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike through a simulated chemical attack at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 12, 2019. Marines trained in extreme environments in order to achieve maximum lethality during the intensity of future deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rhita Daniel)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike through a simulated chemical attack at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 12, 2019. Marines trained in extreme environments in order to achieve maximum lethality during the intensity of future deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rhita Daniel)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniel

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, march during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 18, 2019. The ceremony represented the transfer of responsibility, authority and accountability from Lt. Col. Matthew C. Danner, the outgoing commanding officer, to Lt. Col. John J. Roma, the incoming officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ana S. Madrigal)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, march during a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 18, 2019. The ceremony represented the transfer of responsibility, authority and accountability from Lt. Col. Matthew C. Danner, the outgoing commanding officer, to Lt. Col. John J. Roma, the incoming officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ana S. Madrigal)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ana Madrigal

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, set up their ammunition during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 28, 2019. The exercise was designed to give the exercise force the opportunity to plan and execute multiple types of operations, conduct detailed fire support, planning and coordination for each operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert G. Gavaldon)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, set up their ammunition during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 28, 2019. The exercise was designed to give the exercise force the opportunity to plan and execute multiple types of operations, conduct detailed fire support, planning and coordination for each operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert G. Gavaldon)

Photo by Cpl. Robert Gavaldon

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Samuel M. Metz, a machine gunner with 5th Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, plots his minimal safety line during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 28, 2019. The exercise was designed to give the exercise force the opportunity to plan and execute multiple types of operations, conduct detailed fire support, planning and coordination for each operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert G. Gavaldon)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Samuel M. Metz, a machine gunner with 5th Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, plots his minimal safety line during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 28, 2019. The exercise was designed to give the exercise force the opportunity to plan and execute multiple types of operations, conduct detailed fire support, planning and coordination for each operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert G. Gavaldon)

Photo by Cpl. Robert Gavaldon

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Tigertailgomez, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires a M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 28, 2019. The exercise was designed to give the exercise force the opportunity to plan and execute multiple types of operations, conduct detailed fire support, planning and coordination for each operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert G. Gavaldon)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Tigertailgomez, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires a M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 28, 2019. The exercise was designed to give the exercise force the opportunity to plan and execute multiple types of operations, conduct detailed fire support, planning and coordination for each operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert G. Gavaldon)

Photo by Cpl. Robert Gavaldon

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas R. Norris, an antitank missile gunner with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrols during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 28, 2019. The exercise was an opportunity for the unit to plan and execute multiple types of operations, conduct detailed fire support, planning and coordination for each operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert G. Gavaldon)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas R. Norris, an antitank missile gunner with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrols during an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 28, 2019. The exercise was an opportunity for the unit to plan and execute multiple types of operations, conduct detailed fire support, planning and coordination for each operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert G. Gavaldon)

Photo by Cpl. Robert Gavaldon

The U.S. Marines of Battery E, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct Non-Lethal Weapons rehearsals prior to executing Embassy Reinforcement during MEU Exercise 19.1. Their focus was on improving techniques to conduct riot control and prevent unlawful entry into the embassy.

The U.S. Marines of Battery E, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct Non-Lethal Weapons rehearsals prior to executing Embassy Reinforcement during MEU Exercise 19.1. Their focus was on improving techniques to conduct riot control and prevent unlawful entry into the embassy.

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an amphibious landing by small boat at DadiBeach, Naval Base Guam, the same landing area that 1st Battalion, 4th Marines landing at during the liberation of Guam in World War II. Company A was tasked with being the Small Boat Raid Company of the 31st MEU during their deployment, and sent Marines to several weeks of rigorous instruction at Expeditionary Warfare Training Group –Pacific, in Coronado, California, to learn the skills needed to carry out this mission. Marines from Company A became highly skilled Small Boat Coxswains, Small Boat and Engine Mechanics, Scout Swimmers and Maritime Navigators, helping the Company become a successful clandestine small boat raid force during deployment.

Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an amphibious landing by small boat at DadiBeach, Naval Base Guam, the same landing area that 1st Battalion, 4th Marines landing at during the liberation of Guam in World War II. Company A was tasked with being the Small Boat Raid Company of the 31st MEU during their deployment, and sent Marines to several weeks of rigorous instruction at Expeditionary Warfare Training Group –Pacific, in Coronado, California, to learn the skills needed to carry out this mission. Marines from Company A became highly skilled Small Boat Coxswains, Small Boat and Engine Mechanics, Scout Swimmers and Maritime Navigators, helping the Company become a successful clandestine small boat raid force during deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

The U.S. Marines of Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), execute live-fire squad attacks at Range 108 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center TwentyninePalms, California, Mar. 22nd, 2018. Range 108 is a squad fire and maneuver range that was used as Company A’s culminating squad event of Talon Exercise 2-18. Talon Exercise is a Service Level Training Exercise held twice annually with an infantry battalion training in conjunction with Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 both at TwentyninePalms and at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona.

The U.S. Marines of Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), execute live-fire squad attacks at Range 108 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center TwentyninePalms, California, Mar. 22nd, 2018. Range 108 is a squad fire and maneuver range that was used as Company A’s culminating squad event of Talon Exercise 2-18. Talon Exercise is a Service Level Training Exercise held twice annually with an infantry battalion training in conjunction with Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 both at TwentyninePalms and at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona.

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

U.S. Marines of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Regiment, coordinate and observe indirect fires in Thailand in support of COBRA GOLD 2019 on Feb 19, 2019. COBRA GOLD is an annual bi-lateral training exercise conducted with the Royal Thai Marine Corps that strengthens bonds with a key allied partner in the Indo-Pacific region while solidifying the ability to execute combined arms as a bi-lateral force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jiro Ackart/Released)

U.S. Marines of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Regiment, coordinate and observe indirect fires in Thailand in support of COBRA GOLD 2019 on Feb 19, 2019. COBRA GOLD is an annual bi-lateral training exercise conducted with the Royal Thai Marine Corps that strengthens bonds with a key allied partner in the Indo-Pacific region while solidifying the ability to execute combined arms as a bi-lateral force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jiro Ackart/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

U.S. Marines of Combat Engineer Platoon and Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Regiment, conduct a simultaneous exterior urban breach at the Naval Special Warfare BreacherTrainer, Naval Base Guam, Mar. 13, 2019. Combat Engineers and Company A assaultmenexecuted three days of urban breaching operations, to include joint live fire training with Navy Explosive Ordnance technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, Detachment Marianas.

U.S. Marines of Combat Engineer Platoon and Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Regiment, conduct a simultaneous exterior urban breach at the Naval Special Warfare BreacherTrainer, Naval Base Guam, Mar. 13, 2019. Combat Engineers and Company A assaultmenexecuted three days of urban breaching operations, to include joint live fire training with Navy Explosive Ordnance technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, Detachment Marianas.

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

The U.S. Marines of Battery E, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct direct fire at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex (RLFC), Republic of Korea. Three Gun Crews competed, engaging in a target (a 10x40 ftCONEX box) at 1500 meters.

The U.S. Marines of Battery E, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct direct fire at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex (RLFC), Republic of Korea. Three Gun Crews competed, engaging in a target (a 10x40 ftCONEX box) at 1500 meters.

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

Lance Corporal Rosenberryof 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines fires the M32 Grenade Launcher during Dragon Viper 19.1 at Story Live Fire Complex in South Korea, February 21 2019.

Lance Corporal Rosenberryof 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines fires the M32 Grenade Launcher during Dragon Viper 19.1 at Story Live Fire Complex in South Korea, February 21 2019.

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

The U.S. Marines of Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducting ship to shore movement from USS Green Bay (LPD-20) to White Beach, Okinawa, Japan for a mechanized raid during Amphibious Integration Training (AIT), Jan. 28, 2019. AIT is conducted in preparation for Certification Exercise, and to ensure readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

The U.S. Marines of Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducting ship to shore movement from USS Green Bay (LPD-20) to White Beach, Okinawa, Japan for a mechanized raid during Amphibious Integration Training (AIT), Jan. 28, 2019. AIT is conducted in preparation for Certification Exercise, and to ensure readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

Lance Corporal McGuire of 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines conducts a cliff rappel while conducting training at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa Japan, April 10 2019.

Lance Corporal McGuire of 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines conducts a cliff rappel while conducting training at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa Japan, April 10 2019.

Photo by Sgt. Zachary Catron

A U.S. Marine with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, fires an MP7 downrange amid a combat marksmanship drill during exercise Platinum Ren at Fort Trondennes, Harstad, Norway, May 15, 2019. During the drills, the Marines and the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Commandos fired a variety of weapons including the MP7. The MP7 ammunition is exclusive to the gun, made of almost entirely of hardened steel and offers low recoil. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tayler P. Schwamb)

A U.S. Marine with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, fires an MP7 downrange amid a combat marksmanship drill during exercise Platinum Ren at Fort Trondennes, Harstad, Norway, May 15, 2019. During the drills, the Marines and the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Commandos fired a variety of weapons including the MP7. The MP7 ammunition is exclusive to the gun, made of almost entirely of hardened steel and offers low recoil. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tayler P. Schwamb)

Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb

A U.S. Marine with 1st Platoon, Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, patrols during exercise Platinum Ren at an undisclosed location, Norway, May 13, 2019. The evening patrol was conducted to acclimatize the team to the harsh Artic climate and mountainous terrain, increase interoperability within the allies and partners of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and prepare the integrated teams for their future demanding operations during Platinum Ren. Exercise Platinum Ren is a theater security cooperation training evolution held with Norwegian Coastal Ranger Commando to sustain mission essential tasks in harsh operating environments and strengthen coalition partnerships. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tayler P. Schwamb)

A U.S. Marine with 1st Platoon, Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, patrols during exercise Platinum Ren at an undisclosed location, Norway, May 13, 2019. The evening patrol was conducted to acclimatize the team to the harsh Artic climate and mountainous terrain, increase interoperability within the allies and partners of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and prepare the integrated teams for their future demanding operations during Platinum Ren. Exercise Platinum Ren is a theater security cooperation training evolution held with Norwegian Coastal Ranger Commando to sustain mission essential tasks in harsh operating environments and strengthen coalition partnerships. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tayler P. Schwamb)

Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Commando (KJK) execute transition drills during exercise Platinum Ren at Fort Trondennes, Harstad, Norway, May 15, 2019. During the combat marksmanship drills, the Marines and KJK fired weapons including the M4A1 carbine, M45 pistol, M40A6, MP7, and the FN Minimi. Exercise Platinum Ren is a theater security cooperation training evolution held with the KJK to sustain mission essential tasks in harsh operating environments and strengthen coalition partnerships. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tayler P. Schwamb)

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Commando (KJK) execute transition drills during exercise Platinum Ren at Fort Trondennes, Harstad, Norway, May 15, 2019. During the combat marksmanship drills, the Marines and KJK fired weapons including the M4A1 carbine, M45 pistol, M40A6, MP7, and the FN Minimi. Exercise Platinum Ren is a theater security cooperation training evolution held with the KJK to sustain mission essential tasks in harsh operating environments and strengthen coalition partnerships. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tayler P. Schwamb)

Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb

1st Marine Division