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ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Lawrence, a survival, evasion, resistance, and escape instructor, assigned to the 353rd Combat Training Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, prepares a chicken to be cooked in a field environment during Cope North 17 survival training at Andersen AFB, Guam, Feb. 17, 2017. Beginning in 1978 […]
PYEONGCHANG-GUN, 42, SOUTH KOREA U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines hike a 35- km path up a mountain Jan. 15 during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-3 in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. The ROK and U.S. Marines hiked side-by-side from start to finish. The U.S. Marines are reconnaissance men with Alpha Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd […]
BRIDGEPORT, CA, UNITED STATES Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Brewton, hospitalman, a corpsman with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company and Pensacola, Fla., native, prepares his gear for a training mission, July 25. The Marines will be heading to the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot, where they will gather intelligence on a target for a helicopter raid during […]
MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HI, UNITED STATES Students with the Marine’s Reconnaissance Team Leader Course discuss intelligence findings during the course’s final exercise, Oct. 31, 2017, at Bellows Air Force Base, Hawaii. Three Special Tactics Airmen graduated from RTLC in November, following two months of rigorous desert, jungle and amphibious training. RTLC is designed […]
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATION, USS Somerset (Feb. 11, 2017) U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Jonathan Brusherd (right), a special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman (SARC), Sgt. Jeffery Burgstaller (center), and Cpl. Jaime Jaramillo, reconnaissance Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to evacuate a […]
CAMP LEMONNIER, DJIBOUTI A Scout Sniper Team Marksman, part of the Recon Platoon from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, 53rd Brigade Combat Team, Florida Army National Guard loads .50 caliber rounds into a magazine during a live fire long range marksmanship training and qualification course at the Arta training range in Djibouti, Oct […]
HURLBURT FIELD, FL, UNITED STATES Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion set out on a simulated Special Reconnaissance mission near Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb. 11, 2015. The Special Reconnaissance mission was part of a two-week training exercise called HAVEACE, which is part of the participating Marine Special Operations Team’s unit training program. Courtesy of […]
CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JAPAN Marines execute immediate action drills during combatant diver and beach reconnaissance training April 24 in the Central Training Area. Once the Marines arrived on the beach, they received fire from simulated enemy forces. After returning fire, the Marines broke contact and egressed into the water. The Marines are reconnaissance men […]
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, UNITED STATES U.S. Reconnessaince Marines with 4th Force Reconnessaince Battalion exit the water during dive operations in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Dec. 9, 2016. The mission of Marine Corps Base Hawaii is to provide facilities, programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families in order to enhance and […]
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VA, UNITED STATES U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) help lift a simulated casualty onto a SH-60 Seahawk during Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., April 16, 2015. The Marines were evaluated on their training […]
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