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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 […]
Whether you are a military servicemember, law enforcement officer, or just an EDC enthusiast, you probably own a watch. Owning a watch is a tradition that dates back multiple centuries, a tradition that the military actually played a major hand in influencing, and a tradition that still continues today in the world of digital technology. Your […]
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 […]
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 […]
I was given the opportunity to try out the Rockwell Coliseum Fit watch. Previous to this I had never heard or Rockwell Time before but after doing a little research I was eager to give it a go. I have been looking for a fitness watch that I didn’t have to link to my phone […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Everyone loves thermal and digital night vision, but not everyone loves constantly buying and switching out batteries. For those looking to break the routine of trips to the store for batteries, Pulsar has a new lithium-ion PB8I Power Bank (PL79110). A 5,100 mAh capacity USB rechargeable external battery pack, the PB8I Power Bank allows up […]
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 […]
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