USS ESSEX, USCENTCOM, AT SEA ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 5, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Joshua Mickles aims at his target with an M45 1911 A1 pistol during a deck shoot aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Mickles is a member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime … [Read more...]
Maritime Raid Force
Loadout Room photo of the day: U.S. Marines enhance marksmanship at sea
USS ESSEX, SOUTH CHINA SEA U.S. Marine Sgt. Sean Bernstein fires at his target with an M1911A pistol during a deck shoot aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) in the South China Sea, June 12, 2015. Bernstein is a member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force. The MRF … [Read more...]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Force recon surgically strikes
WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, OKINAWA, JAPAN Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Platoon, part of the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare for the explosive breach on the entrance of a notional enemy-held building during a capture or kill raid exercise … [Read more...]
Loadout Room photo of the day: 11th MEU: Training is Continuous
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, … [Read more...]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Force Recon Marines practice ship raids
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 … [Read more...]
Loadout Room photo of the day: 15th MEU Force Recon conducts nighttime fast roping
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Nov. 29, 2017) – Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force fast-rope out of an MH-60S Seahawk aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The 15th MEU and America … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]