Cpl. Julie Martinez, a 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) radio operator, poses with a koala & a kangaroo at Cairns Zoo, July 2. Martinez and more than 1,800 of her fellow service members recently had an opportunity to explore Cairns and the surrounding area as the MEU took a few days of liberty in anticipation of its participation in Exercise Talisman Saber 2009. (Photo courtesy Cpl. Julie Martinez)
Photo Date Taken: 7/3/2009
Unit: 31st MEU
Photo ByLine: Cpl. Julie Martinez
A Marine with Company E provides security until a helicopter extracts his platoon from their position during a long-range helicopter raid at Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 8. The company – one of four that make up Battalion Landing Team 2/4, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element – departed USS Bonhomme Richard in six CH-46s, two CH-53s and other aircraft. The MEU, part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting its first pre-deployment exercise at sea with its Navy counterpart, Amphibious Squadron 7. This Navy and Marine Corps team is testing interoperability before a deployment certification exercise later this summer.
Photo Date Taken: 7/9/2009
Unit: 11th MEU
Photo ByLine: Cpl. Jeffrey Belovarac
Company E Marines run to a CH-46 helicopter after completing a long-range helicopter raid at Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 8. The company – one of four that make up Battalion Landing Team 2/4, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element – departed USS Bonhomme Richard in six CH-46s, two CH-53s and other aircraft. The MEU, part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting its first pre-deployment exercise at sea with its Navy counterpart, Amphibious Squadron 7. This Navy and Marine Corps team is testing interoperability before a deployment certification exercise later this summer.
Photo Date Taken: 7/8/2009
Unit: 11th MEU
Photo ByLine: Cpl. Jeffrey Belovarac
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A Marine with Company G provides security during a mechanized raid July 3. The company, one of four that make up Battalion Landing Team 2/4, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element – rode in tracked amphibious vehicles from USS Rushmore to an urban training area at Camp Pendleton. Two M1A1 tanks also partook in the raid, traveling to shore in Navy air-cushioned landing craft. The MEU, part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting its first pre-deployment exercise at sea with its Navy counterpart, Amphibious Squadron 7. This Navy and Marine Corps team is testing interoperability before a deployment certification exercise later this summer.
Photo Date Taken: 7/3/2009
Unit: 11th MEU
Photo ByLine: Cpl. Jeffrey Belovarac
AFGHANISTAN (July 7, 2009) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Stingers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 conducts an Operation Enduring Freedom mission over southern Afghanistan. VFA-113 is part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 and is embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Commander Erik Etz/Released)
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 8, 2009) The Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), top, pulls away from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) after a replenishment at sea. Bonhomme Richard, the flagship for the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, is at sea conducting an initial integration exercise with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Grant P. Ammon/Released)
