Photo by Maryann Bader | Coast Guard Art Program | 05.06.2024
Coast Guard Cutter Red Birch tends the Star Spangled Banner buoy. The buoy is so named as it marks the spot near Fort McHenry where Francis Scott Key viewed the British bombardment of the fort during the War of 1812. Key was actually aboard a vessel when he wrote what would become the national anthem. US Coast Guard Art Program 2002 Collection, Object Id # 200217, "USCG Red Birch tending......
Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb | 1st Marine Division | 08.29.2019
U.S. Marines with 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve celebrate during the TIGERCOMP awards ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29. TIGERCOMP is an annual force competition that determines the Marine Corps’ most lethal tank crew. The winning crew, 4th Tank Battalion will have the opportunity represent the Marine Corps in the Sullivan Cup, which is......
Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb | 1st Marine Division | 08.29.2019
U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Daniel Lyrla, operations officer in charge of planning TIGERCOMP, talks to the local and military community during the TIGERCOMP awards ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29. TIGERCOMP is an annual force competition that determines the Marine Corps’ most lethal tank crew. The winning crew, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve,......
Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb | 1st Marine Division | 08.29.2019
M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks fire during the Tank Gunnery Competition, TIGERCOMP on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29. TIGERCOMP is an annual force competition that determines the Marine Corps’ most lethal tank crew. The winning crew, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, will have the opportunity represent the Marine Corps in the Sullivan Cup, which is......
Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb | 1st Marine Division | 08.29.2019
An M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires during the Tank Gunnery Competition, TIGERCOMP on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29. TIGERCOMP is an annual force competition that determines the Marine Corps’ most lethal tank crew. The winning crew, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, will have the opportunity represent the Marine Corps in the Sullivan Cup, which......
Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb | 1st Marine Division | 08.29.2019
An M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires during the Tank Gunnery Competition, TIGERCOMP on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29. TIGERCOMP is an annual force competition that determines the Marine Corps’ most lethal tank crew. The winning crew, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, will have the opportunity represent the Marine Corps in the Sullivan Cup, which......
Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb | 1st Marine Division | 08.29.2019
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran watches an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank fire during the Tank Gunnery Competition, TIGERCOMP on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29. TIGERCOMP is an annual force competition that determines the Marine Corps’ most lethal tank crew. The winning crew, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, will have the opportunity represent the Marine......
Photo by Sgt. Tayler Schwamb | 1st Marine Division | 08.29.2019
An M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires during the Tank Gunnery Competition, TIGERCOMP on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, August 29. TIGERCOMP is an annual force competition that determines the Marine Corps’ most lethal tank crew. The winning crew, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, will have the opportunity represent the Marine Corps in the Sullivan Cup, which......
