During my enlistment in the Marine Corps, I had the opportunity to use a lot of different gear. Towards the end of my enlistment, my unit was attached to the 24th MEU(SOC) to perform recovery of downed aircraft personnel. In layman terms, if one of our pilots went down behind enemy lines, we got the call to […]
Camp Lejeune
My most used piece of gear while in the Marine Corps
Pictured above was my first Gerber multi-tool I purchased at the PX on Camp Lejeune, NC shortly after checking into my unit (2/8 WPNS Co.) in June of 1993. Back then we didn’t have the internet to order stuff or even research options. You could order through a catalog at the time, but I didn’t want to […]
Predator and prey: Pre-Scout Sniper students stalk targets
JACKSONVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES A Marine student undergoing the 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center’s Pre-Scout Sniper Course departs a field following a stalking exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 22, 2016. The DCSC offers several infantry-based courses to enhance the combat readiness of its Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) […]
Predator and prey: Pre-Scout Sniper students stalk targets
JACKSONVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES Cpl. Brighten Bell, a student undergoing the 2nd Marine Division Combat Skills Center Pre-Scout Sniper Course, acquires a target during a stalking exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 22, 2016. The exercise required students to traverse approximately 1000 meters of high grass and fire on a target, all without being detected. […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students fire an M249 squad automatic weapon during night-fire training April 13, 2017, at Camp Lejeune. 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 to build […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: 2nd LAAD Conducts Stinger Live Fire Training Exercises
MCB CAMP LEJUENE, NC, UNITED STATES A U.S. Marine with Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) operates a GAU-17/A mini-gun during a live fire training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on June 6, 2017. MARSOC worked with 2nd LAAD to conduct live fire exercises to maintain proficiency and accuracy with various weapon systems. (U.S. Marine […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Through the scope: 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines prepares weapons, Marines for deployment
JACKSONVILLE, NC, UNITED STATES A Marine with Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, fires on a target during a weapons zeroing range at G21, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 3, 2015. The sniper rifles used during the range included the M110 semi-automatic sniper rifle and M40 bolt-action sniper rifle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo […]
‘Leap of faith: 2nd Recon takes the dive’
Cruising at 10,000 feet above the ground, Marines gaze down at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, Feb. 23. Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion are capable of numerous insertion techniques, but air insertion is considered one of their most effective. The unit’s purpose is to provide ground and amphibious reconnaissance and surveillance in support of […]
Amphibious: Recon Marines prepare for Dive School
Breaching the surface of the water, a Marine gasped for air only to be forced back down seconds later. Marines from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division participated in a two-week pre-dive course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, March 7. “The Marines will do five minutes of bobs with their hands and feet tied, […]
Legendary tracker returns to teach combat hunter instructors
Combat Hunter instructors attended a week-long tracking course from industry legend David Scott-Donelan and his team with The Scott-Donelan Tracking School, aboard Camp Geiger and Camp Lejeune Military Reservation, Aug. 25 through 29. The course helped cement various tracking skills and techniques to further the ability of the instructors to teach Marines skills needed to […]