Japanese soldiers ‘make ready’ at live-fire training
Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force sight in on targets at Range 222 on Camp Pendleton, Jan. 25. The training was planned in a crawl, walk, run format, designed to build confidence in the soldiers’ with their weapons. The five-day evolution was a part of E...
ANA soldiers complete designated marksman course with Marine scout snipers
Afghan National Army Soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, spot and fire on targets using the M-24 sniper rifle with a tactical Leupold scope attachment at a target during a designated marksmanship training here, Jan. 21-25. U.S. Marine Corps scout snipers with...
Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct insertion exercises from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. The 11th MEU is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security coo...
U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment maintain security during immediate action drills at Lava Viper in Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Jan. 23, 2012. Lava Viper is a battalion level combined arms training exercise to better prepare Marines for ...
Cpl. Devin T. Kelly pulls the lanyard to fire the M777A2 howitzer during the live-fire portion of the Fuji Combined Arms Operation at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan. 18. The Marines fired hundreds of rounds during the three-day operation. Kelly is a...
Warrior Leader Course classroom six walk with “humanitarian aid” through an icy gorge Jan. 17, as part of a situational exercise at Fort Carson, Colo. The multi-component course offered at Fort Carson is organized by the 168th Regiment, Regional Training Institute. Durin...
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer departs for a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range during Red Flag 12-2 Jan. 24, 2011, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allie...
Fox mobile Marines stay flexible during Operation Double Check
Marshall, Minn., native Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Merritt, the turret gunner for Truck Four of the mobile section with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, watches his sector while providing security overwatch. Merritt, 19, and his fellow Marines in Fox Company’s mobi...
Regimental Combat Team 5 observes progress in Marjah
U.S. Marine Sgt. John D. McMurrin, a dismounted patrol leader with the Regimental Combat Team 5 Personal Security Detachment, provides security at a nearby construction site here, Jan. 13. The RCT-5 PSD provided security as Col. Roger B. Turner, the commanding officer of RCT...