Photo by Sgt. Lia Aragon | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 08.05.2015
General Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, speaks with members of 1st Marine Raider Regiment and 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion, during a town hall at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015. General Votel opened the town hall with a presentation of coins to Marines who the unit wanted recognized for their outstanding work, ending the meeting......
Photo by Sgt. Lia Aragon | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 08.05.2015
Commanders and unit leaders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion and Marine Aircraft Group 39, bid farewell to Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, after his visit aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015....
Photo by Sgt. Lia Aragon | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 08.05.2015
General Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, speaks with members of 1st Marine Raider Regiment and 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion, during a town hall at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015. General Votel opened the town hall with a presentation of coins to Marines who the unit wanted recognized for their outstanding work, ending the meeting......
Photo by Sgt. Lia Aragon | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 08.05.2015
General Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, tests the communications system being added to 1st Marine Raider Battalion's M-RZR 4 all-terrain vehicles to enhance the teams' capabilities, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015. The communications test was part of Gen. Votel's visit to 1st MRB, including a tour to the unit's medical clinic, the......
Photo by Sgt. Lia Aragon | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 08.05.2015
A medical director with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, talks to Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, about the capabilities of the clinic which supports 1st Marine Raider Battalion and 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015. Gen. Votel also learned about the pipeline process for......
Photo by Sgt. Lia Aragon | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 08.05.2015
General Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command reads over the citations of fallen U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Marines as he toured 1st Marine Raider Regiment's Hall of Heroes during his visit aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015. The Hall of Heroes was Gen. Votel's first stop aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, before continuing on to......
Photo by Sgt. Lia Aragon | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 08.05.2015
General Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, speaks with critical skills operators during a visit to 1st Marine Raider Battalion, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015. Gen. Votel was able to talk with the CSO's as they concluded their training for the day, as well as U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers training on the beach nearby....
Photo by Sgt. Lia Aragon | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 08.05.2015
Colonel Michael J. Borgschulte, Marine Aircraft Group 39 commanding officer, explains some of the capabilities of the UH-1Y Huey to Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command during a tour of MAG 39's aircraft aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 5, 2015. The tour of the aircraft concluded Gen. Votel's visit aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, Calif., after......