Ricardo presents a fuel efficient Humvee type vehicle..

Thanks Jonathan...appreciate the article....via Automobile

Combat Weather...is it time to do away with this special ops unit?

I don't know a thing about this unit.  Never ran across one in real life.  But is this a unit that needs to be?

Say it out loud.

Combat Weather Technician.

In the 21st Century with satellite coverage world wide.  With UAV's providing real time intelligence...with most units having Path Finder trained personnel.

Do we really need this unit?

Warrior Talk discusses awareness and street survival.

Warrior Talk has an excellent article on avoiding...and if necessary winning a confrontation on the streets.

It hasn't happened yet but with the economy still limping along and with people hurting and desperate you can bet that violent crime will increase.  Are you living in condition white or yellow?  Do you even know what I'm talking about?  Check out his 3 articles here, here and here and see if you don't learn something! 

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...

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.