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Navy And Marine Corps Medal

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 8, 2017) Command Sgt. Maj. Max Garcia, center, 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in Camp Pendleton, California, reads an award citation for Marine Corps veteran Corporal Randy D. Mann, right, while Lt. Col. William O'Brien, commanding officer stands at attention during a ceremony in the historical quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Mann was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during the ceremony in his hometown of San Antonio for his actions while on active duty with the 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in July 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacquelyn D. Childs/Released)

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Navy And Marine Corps Medal

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 8, 2017) Marine Corps veteran Corporal Randy D. Mann, center, stands at attention during the reading of his award at a ceremony in the historical quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Mann was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during the ceremony in his hometown of San Antonio for his actions while on active duty with the 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in Camp Pendleton, California, in July 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacquelyn D. Childs/Released)

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Navy And Marine Corps Medal

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 8, 2017) Marine Corps veteran Corporal Randy D. Mann, center, stands at attention while Marines from 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in Camp Pendleton, California, parade the colors for an award ceremony in the historical quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Mann was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during the ceremony in his hometown of San Antonio for his actions while on active duty with the 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in July 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacquelyn D. Childs/Released)

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Navy And Marine Corps Medal

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 8, 2017) Marines from 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in Camp Pendleton, California, prepare to parade the colors for an award ceremony in the historical quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Marine Corps veteran Corporal Randy D. Mann was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during the ceremony in his hometown of San Antonio for his actions while on active duty with the 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in July 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacquelyn D. Childs/Released)

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Navy And Marine Corps Medal

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 8, 2017) Marine Corps veteran Corporal Randy D. Mann speaks during a ceremony in the historical quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Mann was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal during the ceremony in his hometown of San Antonio for his actions while on active duty with the 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in Camp Pendleton, California, in July 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacquelyn D. Childs/Released)

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Navy And Marine Corps Medal

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 8, 2017) Lt. Col. William O'Brien, commanding officer, 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in Camp Pendleton, California, pins the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Marine Corps veteran Corporal Randy D. Mann during a ceremony in the historical quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Mann was awarded the medal during the ceremony in his hometown of San Antonio for his heroic actions while on active duty with the 3D Assault Amphibian Battalion in July 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacquelyn D. Childs/Released)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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Annual Surf Qualification

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Gonzalez)

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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3D AA BN Gator Bash

On 12 August 2017, the Marines, Sailors and families of 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion enjoyed some fun in the sun during the annual Gator Bash celebration. Service members and their families competed for thousands of dollars of donated items in watermelon eating contests, dance competitions, and more. Special guests included Commanding General of 1st Marine Division, Major General Eric M. Smith and his wife Trish, as well as Congressman Darrell Issa of California's 49th District.

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A U.S. Marine with Charlie Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division provides security during the Sappers Leadership Competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 5, 2019.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Eddgar Cabrera, an assaultman with 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, performs a pull-up for a physical fitness test, during a Command Sponsored Corporals Course (CSCC), at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019

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U.S. Marine Corps Col. George C. Schreffler III, commanding officer of 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, receives a wreath during a ceremony at the Aisne-Marne Memorial near Belleau, France, May 26, 2019.

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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.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Angel Martinez, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, posts security during an Air Raid Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 11, 2018.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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