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2nd code save in two days. Today’s was my call/report. Severe head trauma. Blood and vomit everywhere. 3rd story inside the bathroom and in the wind and rain. Overall shitty call. Just glad the patient had pulses when we got to the ER. Not a good prognosis for them though. This tool… if you are […]
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, UNITED STATES AT SEA (September 12, 2016) – A Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, climbs aboard a rigid-hulled rubber boat following a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure mission executed off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif., as part of the 11th MEU’s Certification Exercise, Sept. 13, 2016. […]
Master Sgt. (Ret) Patrick Glenn Higgins, 53 — San Diego, California I was driving down I-15 towards Marine Air Station Miramar when I received a phone call from my wife about what happened. I asked her, “What’s the weather like, Ramona?” She told me it was a clear day, and that’s when I knew it […]
Cpl. David Hernandez, 24 — Chicago, Illinois I was a fourth grader in Chicago. Despite being ten years old, living in a major city we were scared we could be the next city to be hit. You could see it in everybody’s faces. We could see the Sears Tower, and my teacher would constantly be […]
CAMP SHORABAK, AFGHANISTAN Afghan National Army soldiers with 7th Special Operations Kandak, 215th Corps provide medical care to a notionally wounded soldier during night casualty evacuation training at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, Sept. 10, 2017. Approximately 65 soldiers with the unit rehearsed and refined their CASEVAC process in the dark, which simulated realistic training in preparation […]
ORANGE, TX, UNITED STATES A pararescueman from the 58th Rescue Squadron prepares his gear for a rescue mission, Aug. 30, 2017, at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center in Orange, Texas. The 347th and 563d Rescue Groups from Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Nellis AFB, Nev., and Davis Montana AFB, Ariz., sent rescue boat […]
CAMP SHORABAK, AFGHANISTAN A Marine with Task Force Southwest fires an M240L machine gun during a sustainment range at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, June 25, 2017. A platoon from the Task Force’s security force executed the live-fire training in order to refresh their crew-served weapons capabilities and improve defensive posture. Marines with Charlie Co., 1st Battalion, […]
BRIDGEPORT, CA, UNITED STATES Marines trek up a mountain during a five- mile conditioning hike as part of the Mountain Warfare Training exercise in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 22, 2017. Mountain Warfare Training is a field exercise designed to teach Marines fighting tactics and survival skills in high altitudes and cold weather. The Marines are with […]
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES A U.S. Marine attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (2dMARDIV), conduct urban operation rehearsals prior to supporting 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 17, 2016. The joint raid between […]
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