Military working dogs have been a part of our military dating back to the first World Wars. Fast forward to the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and K9’s have become even more popular. The selection and training these dogs go through can sometimes be just as grueling as the selection and training their handlers […]
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Loadout Room photo of the day: 146 ASOS integrates with sister services, maintains readiness during Nat’l Guard strike exercise
ALPENA, MI, UNITED STATES Senior Airman Brandon Hobbs, a member of the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron in Oklahoma City, controls air space after dismounting a Bravo Company, 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve amphibious assault vehicle during a dry fire exercise at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: IED’s
HABBANIYAH, IRAQ Marines of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment found an assortment of improvised explosive device materials and munitions in the car belonging to an insurgent sniper near Habbaniyah, Iraq June 16. A Marine sniper from Sniper Section Four killed the insurgent gunman when his spotter, 26-year-old Sgt. Kevin Homestead noticed the man […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: U.S. Marines kickoff Exercise Kowari 2017 with Australian and Chinese
CAIRNS, ACT, AUSTRALIA CAIRNS, Australia – U.S. Marine Cpl. Nicolas Villanueva, right, motor transportation operator, Combat Logistics Detachment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, works with soldiers from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to build a hut during Indigenous Australian culture classes for Exercise Kowari 2017 Aug. 23, 2017. After the opening ceremony, the Soldiers and Marines […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Air Force Special Tactics integrate into Marine Raider training
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES A Marine Special Operations School’s Individual Training Course student applies camouflage paint during Field Training Exercise Raider Spirit, May 3, 2017, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s initial Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts […]
Watch: Do You Operate?
Thought you guys might like this. This music video has a mix of humor and truth. The shirt that Matt Best wears in this video speaks volumes in today’s society. It seems in today’s day and age people rush to conclusions and get their panties in a bunch too easily and too quickly. Matt Best […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Force Recon Marines let bullets fly in prep for deployment
FORT PICKETT, VA, UNITED STATES A U.S. Marine assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads a magazine with ammo before conducting close quarters combat drills at Fort Pickett, Va., April 21, 2015. The Marines practiced various tactics and procedures as part of preparation for deployment to the 5th […]
Storm of Steel: Germany on the Western Front
Storm of Steel takes you inside the mind of German soldier Ernst Junger as he fought through trenches and defeat in the no mans land of World War I.
Loadout Room photo of the day: Feeding bullets, machine gun style
CAMP ATTERBURY, IN, UNITED STATES Brass 7.62 mm shells eject from an M240B machine gun at a qualification range at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 6, during a multi-day training event. The 384th Military Police Battalion, headquartered at Fort Wayne, Ind., organized a three-day range and field training exercises involving more than 550 U.S. Army Reserve […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Force Recon Marines let bullets fly in prep for deployment
FORT PICKETT, VA, UNITED STATES A U.S. Marine assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M4A1 carbine while conducting close quarters combat drills at Fort Pickett, Va., April 21, 2015. The Marines practiced various tactics and procedures as part of preparation for deployment to the 5th and […]