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Loadout Room Photo of the day | Frogman tools of the trade

You really can’t beat a photo of the Stars and Stripes along with an MP7 and elk handle Karambit. Tools for delivering death to those that threaten our way of life.

“Nothing like getting pics from war zones from my Frogmen brothers. Mp7, elk handle karambit and in the shadow of those beautiful colors we love. Thank you for the opportunity to provide tools to those that will never go quietly into the night. Honored by the brotherhood. To those before us, To those amongst us, To those we will see on the other side, Lord let me not prove unworthy of my brothers.”

*Photo and quote courtesy of Half Face Blades Facebook page

Loadout Room photo of the day | Maintaining marksmanship: Force Recon Marines fire away

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, UNITED STATES

A Marine from force reconnaissance platoon loads rounds into a magazine 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 enemy raids.

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Loadout Room photo of the day | Joint Urban Assault Training

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers, prepare their equipment at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., May 19, 2014. Elements of South Carolina Army and Air National Guard, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force special operations, and Columbia Police Department S.W.A.T., conducted urban assault training which allowed special operations forces and National Guard assets to work alongside each other while training in an urban environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)

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3rd Recon Marines learn Predator Techniques in the Combat Hunter Course

CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, JAPAN

A Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, looks for possible disturbances in the natural environment such as freshly broken sticks, flattened plants, footprints or skid marks to identify if someone has recently been through the area Jan. 28. During the combat hunter training, the Marines were split up into two groups, the hunters and the prey, and put their new skills to the test.

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Old Glory in Thailand during Operation Cobra Gold

This picture was taken by one of my teammates in the mid-1990’s. Alpha Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion was deployed to Thailand in support of Operation Cobra Gold. A large-scale training exercise that had us working with the Thai Commandos in the jungle regions. It was miserably hot during our time in Thailand but we appreciated the learning experience with the indigenous soldiers. The American Flag in this low-quality picture was in front of a tunnel entrance we located in the middle of nowhere. A symbol of freedom that we packed with us on all deployments. I’m in the upper left of the picture with my M4.

*Photo courtesy of the author

Photo of the day: Remote outpost in Kunar, Afghanistan

Taken on top of a remote outpost in Kunar, Afghanistan just after a firefight where insurgents attacked our larger COP with recoilless rifles and small arms. My platoon and I returned fire with machine gun fire and Gustav’s as well as provided FSO duties to walk our 120mm Howitzers on target.

*Photo was taken in 2012 by the author