U.S. MARINES INVOLVED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS
This gallery features some of the best imagery and video of Marines actively involved in firefights with the enemy.
Video
B-Roll of U.S. Marine AH-1W Cobras and M1A1 Abrams engaging enemy insurgents surrounding VSP Shurakay while supporting Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 2...
Video by Sgt. Anthony Ortiz | 2MLG-COMCAM | 02.15.13
B-roll of scout sniper Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, RCT-6 during Operation Helmand Viper. Also available in high definition.
Courtesy Video | RC-SW | 09.03.12
Scout snipers with 1st Battalion, 1st Marines Regimental Combat Team 6, provided surveillance of the battlefield for intelligence gathering while other Marines with...
Video by Cpl. Ed Galo | RCT6 | 08.31.12
This is my life is a video journal blog of Marines in Afghanistan, documenting their daily life. This is the second episode following Lance Cpl. Geoffrey West, an...
Video by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1MD | 06.19.12
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 conduct a helo-bourne operation in the village of Sabzikar, Helmand...
Video by Sgt. James Mercure | RCT6 | 05.01.12
Package of U.S. Marines with 2nd Platoon, weapons Company, 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment inserting by helicopter across the Helmand River as part of Operation...
Video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Lagoze | 2MARDIV-COMCAM | 12.10.11
Production of U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, taking highly accurate IDF at Patrol Base Georgetown in Kajaki Sofla, Afghanistan on...
Video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Lagoze | 2MARDIV-COMCAM | 11.22.11
Package about U.S. Marines efforts to push Taliban-led forces from the Kajaki district of Helmand province. Produced by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross. Also available in...
Video by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross | 2MARDIV | 10.24.11
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 8, conduct security patrols out of Patrol Base Georgia in Sangin, Afghanistan...
Video by Cpl. Eric Wilterdink | RCT8 | 10.15.11
Video Production of U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines establishing a Patrol Base in an abandoned compound in the kinetic village of Potay, Sangin District,...
Video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Lagoze | 2MARDIV-COMCAM | 10.05.11
B-roll of an operation in Sangin, Afghanistan to establish a patrol base and take control of a bridge. Fire fight video, casualty, birds firing rockets, searching and...
Video by Cpl. Daniel Blatter | 1MD | 12.20.10
U.S. Marines with Company B., 1st Reconnaissance Battalion engage enemy forces from a patrol base near Sangin, Afghanistan, November 19, 2010. 1st Reconnaissance...
Courtesy Video | 1MD | 11.19.10
Photos
U.S. Marine Sgt. Chan Lathung, mounts a GAU-21/A heavy machine gun aboard a CH-53D Sea Stallion of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 362 over Musa Qal'ah...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles | RC-SW | 07.26.12
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dustin Combs with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security while a patrol...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 07.21.12
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Micha A. Stienpfad, company commander, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security during...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 07.21.12
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Brian O'Toole with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6 provides security for a patrol during...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 07.21.12
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Riley A. Goodman, left, and Cpl. Thomas B. Summerlin, both with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, conduct a fire...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 07.17.12
Staff Sgt. John Wildman, a platoon sergeant with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, takes cover during a firefight, during Operation Jaws, May 28, 2012. The Marines...
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1MD | 05.28.12
Lance Cpl. Christopher Cavey, (foreground) a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native and Lance Cpl. Michael Clingan, a Hagerstown, Maryland native, aims in during a firefight...
Photo by Sgt. James Mercure | RCT6 | 05.01.12
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, take up a position and set an ambush for insurgents during Operation Eastern Storm. The operation was...
Photo by Cpl. James Clark | 2MARDIV | 10.15.11
Marines with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, fire an M982 Excalibur round from an M777 howitzer during a fire support mission. The artillerymen...
Photo by Cpl. Jeff Drew | 2MARDIV | 09.29.11
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment sprint for cover during a...
Photo by Cpl. James Clark | RCT1 | 08.11.11
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment return fire during a...
Photo by Cpl. James Clark | RCT1 | 08.11.11
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with 2nd Squad, 4th Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment return fire during a...
Photo by Cpl. James Clark | RCT1 | 08.11.11
News Stories
It’s a moment of truth for many Marines – the first time they are in combat and their training is put to the test.
Story by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | RCT6 | 08.21.12
The Marines and sailors with Regimental Combat Team 6 and its subordinate battalions have been working nonstop on a combat operation referred to as Operation Jaws...
Story by Cpl. Ed Galo | RCT6 | 05.21.12

