MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, AZ, UNITED STATES Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, lay inside a hide site after constructing it to test its capacity during Weapons Tactics Instructors course here, Sept. 25, 2013. Hide sites are used as positions for Marines to observe and, if needed, fire from. Their […]
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The pocket drones destined to revolutionize military operations
U.S. Army units will soon be getting a nano drone that promises to revolutionize operations. The Black Hornet is a vehicle reconnaissance system (VRS) and falls under the unmanned aerial system (UAS) category. It is designed and manufactured by FLIR Systems, one of the world’s largest companies specializing in the development and production of high-quality […]
Photo of the day: Reconnaissance and surveillance patrol hones Marines readiness
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Recon Marines, Special Tactics groom joint ground leaders
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Bug Eyes
A Reconnaissance Marine from 3rd Marine Division performs an operations check on his Binocular Night Vision System M953 at the Combat Center, Feb. 13, 2018, as a part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)
Loadout Room photo of the day | Joint HAHO jumps at Talisman Saber 2017
ROCKHAMPTON, ACT, AUSTRALIA A U.S. Marine Corps 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion jumpmaster puts on his helmet on in preparation for high altitude, high opening (HAHO) jump operations July 11, 2017, over Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia during Talisman Saber 2017. The training exercise conducted between the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps strengthens joint […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Reconnaissance and surveillance patrol hones Marines’ readiness
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, UNITED STATES Sergeant Wesley Ferguson, assistant team leader, Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, provides security for his team during a simulated casualty evacuation aboard Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash, April 10, 2015. Marines with the company operated in remote locations of the wilderness and provided surveillance of the surrounding area to […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Reconnaissance Marines execute free-fall jumps
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Reconnaissance and surveillance patrol hones Marines’ readiness
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 […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | 15th MEU Force Recon Marines prepare for insert
USS ESSEX, USPACOM, AT SEA A U.S. Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force prepares for a reconnaissance and surveillance mission during Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego March 1, 2015. MRF Marines took off from the USS Essex (LHD-2) and parachuted from an Osprey […]