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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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Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment clear a building in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

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Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

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Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

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Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

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Corporals Augusto R. Carlin and Deneaga D. McMillian, supply Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, take a moment during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 to take a photo before both Marines return home as the exercise comes to a close aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 15, 2015 . Carlin was inspired to join the military by his grandfather, George Carlin, who was a general in the Peruvian army. Although he was originally inspired to join the military by his family, he never anticipated the family he would find in the Marine Corps.

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Marines with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division embrace the impact from the M777A2 155 mm, medium, towed howitzer during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 20, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Desert Scimitar allows Division units to train in order to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Marines with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division provide direct fire support during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 20, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Desert Scimitar allows Division units to train in order to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Lance Cpl. Tyler S. Griffith, a field artillery cannoneer with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, discards a charge sleeve after loading charges during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 20, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Desert Scimitar allows Division units to train in order to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Corporal Osmar S. Gorish, a gun section chief with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepares the next series of live-fire missions during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 20, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Desert Scimitar allows Division units to train in order to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Marines with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division provide direct fire support during Exercise Desert Scimitar 2015 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 20, 2015. The tough, realistic live-fire training central to Desert Scimitar allows Division units to train in order to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Marines with Force Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, set security and assemble the canopy and mounted weapon of the Internally Transportable Vehicle during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines can be inserted not only with ITVs, but by parachute jumping or even on foot.

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Marines with Force Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct a structural integrity check on an Internally Transportable Vehicle during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2015. Insertion with ITVs is only one of many methods reconnaissance Marines can be inserted when conducting a mission.

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Marines with Force Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, maintain security during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2015. The Marines were inserted into the training area by a CH-53E Super Stallion and immediately assumed their positions in the formation.

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Marines with Force Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, establish radio connection with their battlefield commander during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2015. With the information gathered by reconnaissance Marines, a battlefield commander can make properly informed decisions during a mission.

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A CH-53E Super Stallion inserts a team of reconnaissance Marines with Force Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2015. The Marines were honing their insertion capabilities with an Internally Transportable Vehicle.

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Lance Cpl. Anthony Teyuca, a team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, bounds toward a notional objective during a notional mechanized raid during Exercise Desert Scimitar 15, April 16, 2015. Desert Scimitar is designed to provide tough, realistic live-fire training that allows the 1st Marine Division to improve combat effectiveness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Captain Nicholas J. Freeman (right), commanding officer of Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, passes orders over the radio to his Marines during a notional mechanized raid during Exercise Desert Scimitar 15, April 14, 2015. Desert Scimitar is designed to provide tough, realistic live-fire training that allows the 1st Marine Division to improve combat effectiveness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Lance Cpl. Mitchell A. Crawford, machine gunner with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observes the objective during a notional mechanized raid during Exercise Desert Scimitar 15, April 14, 2015. Desert Scimitar is designed to provide tough, realistic live-fire training that allows the 1st Marine Division to maintain readiness, improve combat effectiveness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Lance Cpl. Ian M. Madden, a team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepares to bound towards an objective during a mechanized raid during Exercise Desert Scimitar 15, April, 15, 2015. Desert Scimitar is designed to provide tough, realistic live-fire training that allows the 1st Marine Division to maintain readiness and meet current and real-world operational demands.

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Camp Pendleton, CA – LtCol Hunter R. Rawlings assumes command of the Dark Horse, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, during a change of command ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA 14 January, 2015. LtCol Rawlings assumed command from LtCol Robert C. Rice, following the Battalion’s recent return from deployment as the Battalion Landing Team for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit . Here the outgoing and incoming commanders transfer the Battalion Colors in the presence of the Battalion Sergeant Major, Sergeant Major Carlos Ruiz.

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