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with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiments, searches for suspicious activity during a 15-day operation, June 4, 2012. The Marines eliminated more than 50 insurgents, without taking any combat related casualties or civilian casualties.

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US Marines & Philippine forces participate in a hostage rescue drill in Maasim of Sarangani province, the Philippines, on July 4, 2012. The Philippines and the U.S. formally opened a nine-day joint naval exercise on Monday, which is more known as the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). (Xinhua/Jeff Maitem)

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A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, land at the loading zone June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with U.S. Army special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps during both day and night conditions.





U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group jump from UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with U.S. Army special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps.





Two soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group load equipment into a UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopter June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with palettes of supplies and were flown over a nearby drop zone where the crew from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment perform low level drops





A U.S. Army soldier from the 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group returns to the landing zone from a nearby drop zone June 21, 2012. The exercise provided soldiers the opportunity to jump from UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters during both day and night conditions





Staff Sgt. Adam Roy, 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group, packs his parachute following his jump from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter June 21, 2012. Roy and his teammates safely completed multiple successful jumps from the helicopters during both day and night operations.





Pfc. Jesse McCaskill, 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group, checks the wind conditions at the designated drop zone June 21, 2012. McCaskill regularly checked the wind conditions and reported direction, velocity and gusts to the Black Hawks loaded with U.S. Army special forces.





Sgt. Maj. Moises Moniz, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, calls in airfield conditions for two UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopters from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, June 21, 2012. Moniz monitored wind conditions, tracked jumpers status's and regulated the airfield operations tempo through two-way radio communication with the Black Hawk pilots.





U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 19 Special Forces Group, line up to board a UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopter from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps, equipment drops and night operations.





Two UH-60L Black Hawk Helicopters from Detachment 2, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, approach the landing zone, June 21, 2012. The Black Hawks were loaded with U.S. Army special forces and flown over a nearby drop zone where the soldiers performed low level jumps.





A U.S. Army Special Forces airborne Ranger prepares to land following his jump from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, June 21, 2012. The soldiers use the helicopters to perform jumps, equipment drops and prepare for unconventional warfare.





U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer John Smith (left), 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, performs an equipment check for a special forces airborne jumper, June 21, 2012. Smith assisted the jumpers by checking their equipment prior to them boarding the UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters

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Thanks to vor33 of mp.net for all these great pix I'm posting today!

Pararescueman Conduct Tactical Training

(Photos released 6^th July)

Airmen from the 563rd Rescue Group practiced and certified members on alternate insertion and extractions from a helicopter




Air Force 1st Lt. Paul Fry and Tech. Sgt. Joshua Brown look out of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a routine training mission on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012.




Air Force pararescuemen look out the side door of an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a routine training mission on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 27, 2012




Air Force airmen participate in a tactical training flight mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012. The airmen are assigned to the 563rd Rescue Group. The training was conducted for both aerial gunners and pararescuemen




Air Force pararescuemen survey their location during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012.




Air Force pararescuemen prepare a rope for extraction after assessing their location during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012




Air Force pararescuemen help each other climb a rope ladder back into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012




An Air Force pararescueman climbs a rope ladder back into an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012.




An Air Force pararescueman holds onto a rope as an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter flies back to base after a tactical training mission in Tucson, Ariz., June 27, 2012

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Afghanistan - Mizan Recon



Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (left), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, surveys the valley below during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan as 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (right), a member of the Minnesota Army National, looks on. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team




Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (left), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, surveys the valley below during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan as 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (right), a member of the Minnesota Army National, looks on. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team




Army 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (right), a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard and Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (left), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, look out over a valley during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.




Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen, a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team, looks out over a valley during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan.




Army 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (right), a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard points out an area of interest to Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (left), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, during an area recon in Mizan District, southern Afghanistan. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.




Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (right), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, surveys the valley below during an area recon in Mizan district, southern Afghanistan as 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (left), a member of the Minnesota Army National, looks on. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.




Army 1st Lt. Tara Robertson (left), a member of the Minnesota Army National Guard points out an area of interest to Staff Sgt. Jon Hansen (right), a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, during an area recon in Mizan district, southern Afghanistan. They are both serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team.

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Aww..the "tower of power", the US Army version of a superman.

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Afghanistan

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, patrol across the Tarnak River June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The river separates Gelan District to the north and Nawah District to the south.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, patrol toward the village of Spedar June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The soldiers live together at Joint Security Station Hasan.




Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team negotiate a steep wadi, or dry wash, while on patrol with Afghan soldiers June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The soldier at left is providing rear security for the others.




Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Caston, a platoon sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, scans the horizon before his platoon continues a patrol June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Caston’s platoon is part of Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, move up a wadi, or dry wash, while on patrol June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The two forces run patrols out of nearby Joint Security Station Hasan almost daily.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps, move to contact after being fired upon by insurgent forces in the village of Spedar June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The soldiers make contact with the enemy nearly everytime they leave nearby Joint Security Station Hasan.




A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team yells to fellow paratroopers during a firefight with Taliban insurgents June 15, 2012, near Joint Security Station Hasan, southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratrooper is firing an M240B machine gun.




Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fire at insurgent forces during a firefight June 15, 2012, on the outskirts of Spedar, a remote village in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province. This is the first of several firefights the paratroopers and their Afghan National Army counterparts had that day.




A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires an M240B medium machine gun at insurgent forces June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The M240B fires a 7.62mm round.




A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team peers over a wall for insurgent fighters after a firefight June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The mud walls common across Afghanistan often but not always stop small-arms fire.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and soldiers with the Afghan army’s 3rd Brigade, 203rd Corps head for home after a patrol June 15, 2012, into Nawah District from Joint Security Station Hasan, southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratroopers are based at Fort Bragg, N.C.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team enter Joint Security Station Hasan after a patrol with Afghan soldiers to the village of Spedar June 15, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. JSS Hasan was built in May to stem the flow of arms and homemeade explosives through southern Ghazni to Kabul and Kandahar.

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Afghanistan

U.S. Army Pfc. Nick Scarpitto, right, and U.S. Army Pfc. Phi Pham, left, serving with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepare to leave on a mounted patrol to teach Afghan National Army soldiers basic marksmanship skills in Paktika province, Afghanistan June 18, 2012. U.S. soldiers and Afghan forces routinely conduct joint training to strengthen their partnership and increase the Afghan National Security Forces' ability to disrupt enemy activity.




U.S. Army Pfc. Nick Scarpitto, right, and U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Yanez, left, serving with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepare to leave on a mounted patrol to teach Afghan National Army soldiers basic marksmanship skills in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 18, 2012. U.S. soldiers and Afghan forces routinely conduct joint training to strengthen their partnership, and increase the Afghan National Security Forces' ability to disrupt enemy activity.




U.S. Army soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepare to leave on a mounted patrol to teach Afghan National Army soldiers basic marksmanship skills in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 18, 2012. U.S. soldiers and Afghan forces routinely conduct joint training to strengthen their partnership and increase the Afghan National Security Forces' ability to disrupt enemy activity.




U.S. Army Spc. David Barnes serving with 982nd Combat Camera Company, Det 70, attached to 2nd Platoon, Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, waits for the order to gear up for a mounted patrol in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 18, 2012.




U.S. Army soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct pre-combat patrol inspections before leaving on a mounted patrol to teach Afghan National Army soldiers basic marksmanship skills in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 18, 2012. U.S. soldiers and Afghan forces routinely conduct joint training to strengthen their partnership and increase the Afghan National Security Forces' ability to disrupt enemy activity.




U.S. Army soldiers serving with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepare to leave on a mounted patrol to teach Afghan army soldiers basic marksmanship skills in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 18, 2012. U.S. soldiers and Afghan forces routinely conduct joint training to strengthen their partnership and increase the Afghan National Security Forces' ability to disrupt enemy activity.

U.S. Army Sgt. Mario Rangel serving with A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides security in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.




U.S. Army Sgt. Randy Veen serving with A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provides security in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.




U.S. Army soldiers serving with A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a patrol near Route 1, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.




U.S. Army Sgt. Randy Veen serving with A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, uses a radio in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.




U.S. Army Sgt. Randy Veen serving with A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducts a security check near a bridge in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.




U.S. soldiers serving with A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a route clearance patrol near Route 1, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.




U.S. Army Sgt. Randy Veen (front) serving with A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, moves to check an area for possible mines in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 19, 2012.

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U.S. Soldiers Patrol, Return Fire in Ghazni Province

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team sweep a road for improvised explosive devices June 20, 2012, near Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. When infantry units find an IED, they call up bomb experts to neutralize it.




U.S. Army Sgt. David Pickard, a team leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, prepares to sweep a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, in southern Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Pickard is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.




U.S. Army Spc. Shane Storey, a squad automactic weapon gunner with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, pulls security while his platoon sweeps a road for mines June 30, 2012, near Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. He is armed with an M249 squad automatic weapon.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team inspect a suspicious spot in the road while sweeping for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, near Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. When infantry units find an IED, they call up bomb experts to neutralize it.




A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team searches a passerby while sweeping a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratrooper is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.




A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team sights down his M4 carbine during a patrol near the town of Muqor, June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratrooper’s patrol is sweeping for roadside bombs.




U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, keeps his company commander abreast of his platoon’s progress during a mission to sweep a road for improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Prieto serves with Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.




U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, uses an armored vehicle for shelter from insurgent fire while communicating with his company commander, June 30, 2012, outside of Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. At left is his radioman, Pfc. Blaze Glocar.




U.S. Army Spc. Shane Storey, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, fires his M249 squad automatic weapon at insurgents during a firefight June 30, 2012, outside the town of Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The M249 is considered a light machine gun.

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Continued..



A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team fires his M4 carbine at insurgents during a firefight June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The vehicle he is using for cover is a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team look for a shot at insurgents during a firefight June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. To the paratroopers’ left is an Afghan National Army guntruck.




U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, talks to his platoon sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Frank Downing, as the platoon manuevers on a position previously held by insurgents June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Prieto is from Rockingham, N.C., and Downing is from Mexico, N.Y.




A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team jumps across an irrigation ditch during a patrol June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The patrol is sweeping for improvised explosive devices near the town of Muqor.




A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team walks past a robot used to inspect and diffuse improvised explosive devices June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The robot is being used to inspect a bridge for mines.




A U.S. Army paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team gives a fellow paratrooper a boost so that he can look into the window of a building while sweeping the area for roadside bombs June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Shortly after this photo was taken, insurgents opened fire on the paratroopers.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team provide covering fire during a firefight as a fellow paratrooper runs to join them, June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The paratroopers were sweeping the road for mines when insurgents opened fire.




U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Nicholas Prieto, a platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, works with forward observer, Spc. Jonathan Myers, to call in air support during a firefight with insurgents, June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. At left is Prieto’s radioman, Pfc. Blaze Glocar.




U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team take a break while on patrol, June 30, 2012, outside the district center of Muqor, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Behind the paratroopers is a mineroller, used to detonate mines that use pressure plates as triggering devices.




U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Detail personnel carry a robot forward to inspect a suspected roadside bomb June 30, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. When infantrymen find roadside bombs, mines and unexploded ordnance, EOD takes care of it.

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7/5/2012 By Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook
Recruiting Station Twin Cities
Sgt. Geovanni Cruz, 28, from New Britain, Conn., celebrates Independence Day on July 4. Cruz is a motor transportation mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 471.

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7/5/2012 By Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook
Recruiting Station Twin Cities
Sgt. Geovanni Cruz, 28, from New Britain, Conn., celebrates Independence Day with his girlfriend Sgt. Aleksandra R. Petropavlovskaya, 26, from Houston, on July 4. Cruz is a motor transportation mechanic and Petropavlovskaya is a supply clerk. Both Marines are attached to Marine Wing Support Squadron 471.

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7/7/2012 By Cpl. Joshua Young
1st MEB
Marines with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, begin their training exercise aboard Range 107 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 7. The newly activated battalion is participating in large scale exercise, Javelin Thrust. More than 5,000 Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, part of I Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Forces Reserve are participating in the exercise. The large-scale exercise is the first in a three-part continuum, culminating with a Navy and Marine Corps led amphibious exercise Dawn Blitz in 2013. Javelin Thrust is the largest annual Marine Corps Reserve and active duty training exercise, comprised of reserve Marines from 38 states, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 9th Communication Battalion, and 1st Law Enforcement Battalion. The 33 Canadian Brigade Group from Ottawa, Canada is participating as a coalition force, with a higher headquarters based at Camp Pendleton.

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7/7/2012 By Cpl. Joshua Young
1st MEB
Marines with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct squad rushes at Range 107 aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 7.

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7/6/2012 By Sgt. Paul Robbins Jr.
31st MEU
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force engage targets during rapid target engagement training, July 6. Snipers from the Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon and Scout Snipers came together to train and provide a demonstration to Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces. The 31st MEU is the United States' force in readiness for the Asia Pacific.

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7/5/2012 By Sgt John Odette
Marine Forces Reserve
Light Armored Vehicles belonging to 4th Light Armored Reconnaisance are staged at Range 500A prior to conducting assault drills. Javelin Thrust is an annual large-scale exercise here which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force.

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7/5/2012 By Sgt John Odette
Marine Forces Reserve
4th Light Armored Reconnaisance Marines rest and eat chow between conducting assault drills at Range 500A. Javelin Thrust is an annual large-scale exercise here which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force.

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7/5/2012 By Sgt John Odette
Marine Forces Reserve
Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, stand by prior to firing practice Light Anti-Armor Weapon rounds on Range 109. Javelin Thrust is an annual large-scale exercise here which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force.

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7/5/2012 By Cpl. Jonathan Wright
31st MEU
Lance Cpl. Erik Brasile, fire team leader with 3rd platoon, Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, engages enemy Australians from the roof of a building during the siege of Raspberry Creek here, July 5. The major engagement of the multi-weeklong war during Exercise Hamel 2012, 50 Marines fend off the advancing Australian Army 1st Brigade before eventually being overrun. Exercise Hamel 2012 is a multi-national training evolution between the U.S. Marine Corps, Australian Army and New Zealand Army, aimed at certifying the Australian 1st Brigade for operational deployment. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the nation's force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

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7/5/2012 By Cpl. Jonathan Wright
31st MEU
Cpl. Fritz Waechtler, machine gun team leader with Weapons platoon, Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, directs the fire of a M240-G machine gun during the siege of Raspberry Creek here, July 5.

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7/5/2012 By Cpl. Jonathan Wright
31st MEU
Cpl. Justin Wilson, team leader with Weapons platoon, Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks an alleyway for enemy movement during the siege of Raspberry Creek here, July 5.

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7/5/2012 By Cpl. Jonathan Wright
31st MEU
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, engage the enemy Australians from inside a building during the siege of Raspberry Creek here, July 5.

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Lance Cpl. Erik Brasile, fire team leader with 3rd platoon, Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a round from his M203 grenade launcher during the siege of Raspberry Creek here, July 5.

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7/4/2012 By Cpl. Amber G. Watson
Marine Forces Reserve
Cpl. Adam Waldron, an armorer with Bulk Fuel Co. A, 6th Engineer Support Bn. and native of Phoenix, Ariz., instructs Lance Cpl. Patrick Hayes, of Yuma, Ariz., on the finer points of M240G machine gunnery during Exercise Javelin Thrust. Javelin Thrust is an annual large-scale exercise here which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force.

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7/9/2012 By Sgt. Paul Robbins Jr.
31st MEU
Marines with the security element of the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, coordinate outer security during a raid here, July 9. The raid was part of the Realistic Urban Training Exercise, evaluated by Special Operations Training Group. It is designed to integrate unique individual and small unit skills in order to increase the proficiency for the 31st MEU's rapid response planning process in a challenging and unfamiliar environment. The 31st MEU is the United States' force in readiness for the Asia Pacific.

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7/9/2012 By Sgt. Paul Robbins Jr.
31st MEU
Staff Sgt. Tyrell Shotts, company gunnery sergeant of the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security as his team searches a captured vehicle during a raid here, July 9.

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7/9/2012 By Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, step off the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter to retrieve two Marines during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise in the Combat Center training areas July 9, 2012. Marines with 2/25 are currently training at the Combat Center as part of Large Scale Exercise 1/Javelin Thrust 2012.

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7/8/2012 By Lance Cpl. Michael Oxton
31st MEU
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, use a circular saw to ignite a Brocos torch while attempting to breach steel barricades, July 9.

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7/8/2012 By Lance Cpl. Michael Oxton
31st MEU
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, clear the stairwell of a target building during a raid here, July 9. The raid was part of the Realistic Urban Training Exercise, evaluated by Special Operations Training Group. It is designed to integrate unique individual and small unit skills in conjunction in order to increase the proficiency for the 31st MEU's rapid response planning process in a challenging and unfamiliar environment.. The 31st MEU is the United States' force in readiness for the Asia Pacific.

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7/8/2012 By Lance Cpl. Michael Oxton
31st MEU
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, enter and secure rooms against armed aggressors during a raid here, July 9.

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7/8/2012 By Cpl. Joshua Young
1st MEB
A military policeman with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, fires an M249B machine-gun during a crew served weapons shoot for Large Scale Exercise-1, Javelin Thrust 2012, July 8. Javelin Thrust is an annual large-scale exercise with 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force.

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7/8/2012 By Cpl. Joshua Young
1st MEB
Military police with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, demonstrate the loading and clearing procedures of the M240B machine-gun prior to a crew served weapons shoot at Large Scale Exercise-1, Javelin Thrust 2012, July 8.

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7/6/2012 By Lance Cpl. D. J. Wu
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
Marine with 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment provides supporting fire at Range 410A July 6, 2012.

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LOL...a bit kinky on that semi hog tie on that poor OPFOR fella don't ya think?!

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hay got too keep him from running away and leg Irons are a bit heavy for a combat load. so hog tie for now wait for the situation too be controlled then toss him in the back.

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Exercise Western Accord 2012

Exercise Western Accord 2012 is a multi-lateral training exercise with West African nations to increase understanding and interoperability, prevent conflict by enabling Africans to provide for their security and stability, strengthen relationships with partner nations, and promote and support U.S. national security priorities. Participating nations include the U.S., Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso and France.




Lance Cpl. Jason R. Demopoulos, a Columbus, Ohio, native and rifleman with 3rd Battalion 25th Marine Regiment, lines up among Gambian soldiers to shoot from the pivot. Basic combat marksmanship focuses on techniques and maneuvers effective in urban environments and close-quarters battle.




A Gambian soldier fires a hammered-pair, or two shots fired in rapid succession, at a distance of 15-yards for a combat marksmanship training range during Exercise Western Accord 2012. Basic combat marksmanship focuses on techniques and maneuvers effective in urban environments and close-quarters battle.




To build proficiency for firing on the move, Marines and Gambian soldiers move from the 25-yard firing line to the 15-yard firing line during a combat marksmanship range for Exercise Western Accord 2012




Marines and Gambian soldiers conduct a fire-on-the-move at targets from 25 yards during a combat marksmanship training range during Exercise Western Accord 2012. Basic combat marksmanship focuses on techniques and maneuvers effective in urban environments and close-quarters battle.




Cpl. John P. Maggard, a range coach from 3rd Battalion 25th Marine Regiment, inspects the chamber of a Gambian soldier to ensure it is safe to proceed to the next course of fire during a combat marksmanship range at Exercise Western Accord 2012.

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U.S., Afghan Forces Patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Derek Happel with 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (1/7), Regimental Combat Team 6 patrols along the Helmand River in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan July 11, 2012. 1/7 patrolled in support of Afghan National Army forces during Operation Gospand-Sia.




U.S. Navy Hospitalman Derek Happel, front, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alexander Vanny, team leader, both from 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan June 11, 2012. The Marines patrolled to support Afghan National Army forces during Operation Gospand-Sia.




Local Afghan nationals ride motorcycles past a patrol of U.S. Marines from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan July 11, 2012. The purpose of the patrol was to support Afghan National Army forces during Operation Gospand-Sia.




U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Busetto, platoon sergeant, 3rd platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, consults his map in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan July 11, 2012. The Marines patrolled in support of Afghan National Army forces during Operation Gospand-Sia.




U.S. Marines from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 and Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers from 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan July 11, 2012. The Marines were supporting the ANA for Operation Gospand-Sia.




U.S. Navy Hospitalman Apprentice Kyle Rudolph with Headquarters Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 scans for suspicious activity through his Rifle Combat Optic while supporting a patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan July 11, 2012. The patrol was part of Operation Gospand-Sia, which was led by the Afghan National Army.




U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Blayne Catlett, team leader, Headquarters Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, takes a knee to provide security during a patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan July 11, 2012. The Marines patrolled in support of Afghan National Army forces during Operation Gospand-Sia.




An Afghan soldier uses a metal detector to sweep for improvised explosive devices while patrolling in Sangin in Afghanistan's Helmand province, July 11, 2012.