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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, UNITED STATES Marines from force reconnaissance platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, shoot rounds from .45-caliber pistols during close quarter tactics shooting at the Kaneohe Bay range training facility, May 13. Capt. Brian VanHoose, the platoon commander and a native of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, said their shooting drills are practice for […]
Frequently, we get emails or tweets here at SpecialOperations.com in the realm of questions about the training and the qualification course. Many of course deal with Selection and I have to tell people that the Instructors don’t actually kill anyone during the events and one doesn’t have to be 10-feet tall to pass. But one […]
QUANTICO, VA, UNITED STATES U.S. Marines assigned to Scout Sniper School Class 3-14, conduct a hike during a field training exercise at Range 11, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Oct. 7, 2014. The Marines of Class 3-14 conducted team stalking exercises, as well as tactical movements through temperate environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance […]
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, UNITED STATES Sergeant Ian Frazier, scout sniper, Charlie Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, applies camouflage paint prior to executing a high altitude high opening jump at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., April 9, 2015. Several free-fall trained reconnaissance Marines conducted a HAHO jump to begin a three-day reconnaissance and surveillance patrol. The exercise […]
In the military we tend to use dry humor as a way of coping with the many stressors we deal with day in and day out. Hell any time you get a group of veterans together, to a casual outsider it may seem like we hate each other, but the reality is that dry humor […]
JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCORD, WA, UNITED STATES Sergeant Ben Deweese, assistant team leader, Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, makes final gear preparations prior to a three-day reconnaissance and surveillance patrol aboard Joint Base Lewis McCord, Wash, April 9, 2015. Marines with the company operated in remote locations of the wilderness and provided surveillance of the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES An Alaska Air National Guard pararescueman, assigned to the 212th Rescue Squadron, negotiates wooded terrain while conducting mass-casualty, search and rescue training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4, 2016. During the exercise, the rescue operators located, assessed, treated and evacuated numerous casualties while engaging and eliminating multiple attacks […]
PFULLENDORF, GERMANY PFULLENDORF, Germany – A team of multinational NATO and partner nation special operation forces demonstrate the principles of Tactical Combat Casualty Care while loading role-playing casualties onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the culminating field training exercise of the NATO Special Operations Combat Medic Course, March 1, 2017. This inaugural class, hosted […]
ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES Graphic illustration large poster, shown Feb. 5, 2015, used for the U.S. Marine Corps Reconnaissance Campaign informing civilians and Marines alike on the land capabilities of the Reconnaissance Marine, designed by Headquarters Marine Corps Combat Camera in Arlington, Va. The poster is one of various promotional products that depict the land, […]
To all the men who hold the title United States Marine, Happy Birthday! Today is a time for Marine veterans and Active Duty Marines to reflect on our history, our purpose and the brotherhood. Every year when November 10th rolls around, I watch the above video to remind me of where I came from when I […]
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