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 […]
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Loadout Room photo of the day: Recon Marines, Special Tactics groom joint ground leaders
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: 11th MEU: Training is Continuous
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Scout sniper training course
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Marine Raiders undertake two-week air integration course
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Marines dive toward objective during beach reconnaissance training
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: 4th Force Recon Marines conduct dive operations in Kaneohe Bay
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Force Recon Marines practice ship raids
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: 15th MEU Force Recon conducts nighttime fast roping
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Nov. 29, 2017) – Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force fast-rope out of an MH-60S Seahawk aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The 15th MEU and America Amphibious Ready Group are deployed to the U.S. 5th […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Cpl. Dennis Cox – Scout Sniper
HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN Cpl. Dennis Cox, a New York City native and scout sniper with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regional Command (Southwest), patrols with a section of Marines during an interdiction operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2013. Cox has been in the Marine Corps for 5 years and is completing his third […]