Saturday, October 08, 2011

Company I conducts long-range raid

PACIFIC OCEAN-Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard A. Reveles adjusts his glasses aboard USS Makin Island here before a long range helicopter raid Oct. 6. Reveles, a Bell Gardens, Calif., native, is a corpsman with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit embarked the amphibious assault ship Makin Island, the amphibious transport dock New Orleans and the dock landing ship Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November., Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III, 10/6/2011 10:01 AM

PACIFIC OCEAN-Lance Cpl. Manuel R. Morin, loads blank ammunition in USS Makin Island’s hangar here before a long range helicopter raid Oct. 6. Morin, a Houston native, serves with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit embarked the amphibious assault ship Makin Island, the amphibious transport dock New Orleans and the dock landing ship Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November., Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III, 10/6/2011 10:09 AM

PASO ROBLES, Calif. -An AH-1Z Cobra with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Units aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), lifts off to support a training raid here Oct. 6. The unit embarked the anphibious assault ship Makin Island, the amphibious transport dock New Orleans and the dock landing ship Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November., Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III, 10/6/2011 1:12 PM

PASO ROBLES, Calif.-1st Sgt. Carey R. Wells takes accountability of his Marines before a helicopter training raid here Oct. 6. Wells, a Christchurch, New Zealand, native, serves as the first sergeant for Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit embarked the amphibious assault ship Makin Island, the amphibious transport dock New Orleans and the dock landing ship Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November., Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III, 10/6/2011 1:59 PM

Harriers perform vertical landings on USS Essex



Finally the 31st MEU steps up to the plate.  Thank you PAO!

"Wings of a Marine" - 1965 US Marine Pilot Training

Video courtesy of THINKDEFENCE.  Thanks buddy...

Friday, October 07, 2011

Iconic pic. Royal Marines storm Taliban compound.

In this dramatic image, the Officer Commanding 10 Troop is shown sending a situation report during an initial entry into an enemy compound.
M Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines took part in an operation to clear the compounds used by the Taliban in Barikjo, Helmand Province Southern Afghanistan, in early 2007. This was part of Operation Volcano.
Photographer: LA(Phot) Gaz Faulkner

Friday Porn...

Its the F-35 on the USS Wasp.

You weren't thinking...Geez....enjoy....

Marines participate in Exercise Dawn Blitz

Company I Marines prepare for a training raid

A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) carrying Marines departs USS Makin Island Oct. 6 to conduct a training raid. The Marines are with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, which serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in Novembe
Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, board a CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) before conducting a training raid Oct. 6. The battalion serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November.
Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, wait to board a CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) before conducting a training raid Oct. 6. The battalion serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November.
Cpl. Scott Mackie waits to board a CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) in the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island’s hangar Oct. 6 before conducting a training raid. Mackie, 22, is from Huntington Beach, Calif., and serves with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The battalion serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November.