Regional Command Southwest
Hometown: Leatherneck/Bastion, , AF
Current Personnel:
Featured Video
Capt. Matthew Mahoney
Capt. Matthew Mahoney, Brooklyn, N.Y., the assistant fire support coordinator and counter improvised explosive device officer, sends a greeting to his family and to the N.Y. Mets for Military Appreciation Day.
Video by Sgt. Ned Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.18.2013
Recent Photos
(10382 votes; 3.10)
Afghan and senior US leadership attend OCC-R SW...U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Walter L. Miller, Jr., left, commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest) {RC(SW)}, and Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Sayed Malook,...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel Kitandwe | RC-SW | 05.16.2013
Marines with MWSS-271 and Afghan National Army soldiers...U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Seth E. Houston, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 (MWSS-271), operates a Caterpiller 563D vibratory compactor...
Courtesy Photo | RC-SW | 05.15.2013
SECNAV visits troops in HelmandSecretary of the Navy Ray Mabus talks with Marines and Sailors during a junior leaders breakfast at Camp Leatherneck May 14. Mabus' visit marked the 11th time he has...
Photo by Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough | RC-SW | 05.14.2013
Generation at WarGySgt. Chris Taylor witnessed the reality of war while serving in Husaybah, Iraq in 2004. Today, Taylor remembers the lessons he learned as a young Marine and teaches...
Photo by Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough | RC-SW | 05.13.2013
Afghan Mobile Strike Force conducts a rough terrain...U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dillion Cornn with the Mobile Strike Force Advisor Team, observes his surroundings as a Mobile Strike Force Vehicle assigned to the Afghan...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel Kitandwe | RC-SW | 05.13.2013
Double take: Richmond, Va., Marine deploys twice with RCT-7Corporal Damian Davis, an embarkation specialist with Regimental Combat Team 7, is responsible for the movement of personnel, cargo, vehicles and utilities for units...
Photo by Sgt. Ned Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.12.2013
Recent Video
(1035 votes; 2.99)
Capt. Matthew MahoneyCapt. Matthew Mahoney, Brooklyn, N.Y., the assistant fire support coordinator and counter improvised explosive device officer, sends a greeting to his family and to...
Video by Sgt. Ned Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.18.2013
Armed Services' shout out to NY MetsService members around Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, throw a baseball around the installation with greetings to NY Mets. Also available in High Definition.
Video by Cpl. Lia Adkins | RC-SW | 05.15.2013
Afghan Mobile Strike Force Conducts a Rough Terrain...Interview with Matthew Urbaniak, site supervisor with Textron Marine and Land Systems, on Camp Tombstone, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 13, 2013. Urbaniak was...
Video by Cpl. Kowshon Ye | RC-SW | 05.13.2013
Afghan Mobile Strike Force Conducts a Rough Terrain...U.S. Marines with the Mobile Strike Force Advisor Team supervise a rough terrain driving course for the Afghan National Army Mobile Strike Force Kandak on Camp...
Video by Cpl. Kowshon Ye | RC-SW | 05.13.2013
CDR Edricke Peyton Sends Greeting to Marine Corps...CDR Edricke L. Peyton, Helmand Team chief of NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission, Rule of Law Field Force-Afghanistan, sends greeting to Marine Corps Historic Half...
Video by Cpl. Lia Adkins | RC-SW | 05.12.2013
HN1 Justin Hradil Sends Greeting to Historic Half...Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Hradil, senior medical department representative, Battalion Aid Station, 3d Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, sends...
Video by Cpl. Lia Adkins | RC-SW | 05.12.2013
Recent News Stories
(754 votes; 3.15)
'America’s Battalion' closes FOB PayneFor most Coalition forces throughout Afghanistan, counterinsurgency operations are minimal and assisting and advising Afghan National Security Forces has increased....
Story by Lance Cpl. Mel Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.16.2013
SECNAV visits troops in HelmandThe Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited Marines and Sailors with Regional Command (Southwest) during a two-day visit to Helmand Province May 13-14.
Story by Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough | RC-SW | 05.16.2013
Generation at WarThe violence in Iraq was reaching its pinnacle in 2004 when Chris Taylor received his deployment orders to Al-Anbar province. Marines had just bloodied their way...
Story by Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough | RC-SW | 05.13.2013
Guinea Marine becomes US citizenLance Cpl. Mamadou Balde’s father, Al, always hoped his son would earn his U.S. citizenship. Balde, a maintenance mechanic with General Support 2 Platoon,...
Story by Cpl. Lia Adkins | RC-SW | 05.12.2013
Training the trainer: ANCOP policemen take steps to...Sergeant First Class Jamal Nasir knew the time would come when the Afghan National Security Forces would take the lead of security in Afghanistan. While serving as an...
Story by Sgt. Bryan Peterson | RC-SW | 05.12.2013
In time of transition, Marines support Afghan advisorsMilitary unit organization has been standardized over hundreds of years—divisions, regiments, battalions and companies.
Story by Sgt. Ned Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.11.2013
Recent Audio
(55 votes; 3.15)
Marine Sgt. Phillip Noble
Marine Sgt. Phillip Noble, from Corsicana, Texas, talks to a Crawford Broadcasting reporter for their Hero of the Week segment about his duties as non-commissioned...
Audio by Capt. Alfred Reynolds | RCT7-MD | 05.16.2013
Marine Sgt. Phillip Noble, from Corsicana, Texas, talks to a Crawford Broadcasting reporter for their Hero of the Week segment about his duties as non-commissioned...
Audio by Capt. Alfred Reynolds | RCT7-MD | 05.16.2013
Sgt. Philip Noble
Sgt. Philip Noble, talks to a KCDZ 107.7 FM Online about joining the Marine Corps, his interest in joining counter intelligence, his background in the infantry,...
Courtesy Audio | RCT7-MD | 05.16.2013
Sgt. Philip Noble, talks to a KCDZ 107.7 FM Online about joining the Marine Corps, his interest in joining counter intelligence, his background in the infantry,...
Courtesy Audio | RCT7-MD | 05.16.2013
Marine Cpl. Damian G. Davis
Marine Cpl. Damian G. Davis talks to a KCDZ 107.7 FM Online reporter, in Joshua Tree, Calif., about his current duties while deployed to Afghanistan.
Courtesy Audio | RCT7-MD | 05.09.2013
Marine Cpl. Damian G. Davis talks to a KCDZ 107.7 FM Online reporter, in Joshua Tree, Calif., about his current duties while deployed to Afghanistan.
Courtesy Audio | RCT7-MD | 05.09.2013
Sgt. Jason Knuth
Sgt. Jason Knuth, talks to a Crawford Broadcasting reporter about his job in intelligence with the Marine Corps.
Audio by Sgt. Ned Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.02.2013
Sgt. Jason Knuth, talks to a Crawford Broadcasting reporter about his job in intelligence with the Marine Corps.
Audio by Sgt. Ned Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.02.2013
Marine Sgt. Jason A. Knuth
Marine Sgt. Jason A. Knuth talks to a KCDZ 107.7 FM Online reporter about his duties working in intelligence and being chosen Marine of the Week.
Audio by Sgt. Ned Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.02.2013
Marine Sgt. Jason A. Knuth talks to a KCDZ 107.7 FM Online reporter about his duties working in intelligence and being chosen Marine of the Week.
Audio by Sgt. Ned Johnson | RCT7-MD | 05.02.2013
Staff Sgt. Mariajose Borja
Staff Sgt. talks to a Newark Patch reporter about her family, a bone marrow transplant her family was involved in, growing up in Newark, N.J., her deployment to...
Audio by 1st Lt. Spencer Kenyon | RCT7-MD | 04.26.2013
Staff Sgt. talks to a Newark Patch reporter about her family, a bone marrow transplant her family was involved in, growing up in Newark, N.J., her deployment to...
Audio by 1st Lt. Spencer Kenyon | RCT7-MD | 04.26.2013
Recent Publications
The May newsletter for the families and friends of II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd)
II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) April 2013 Newsletter
