Photo by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.25.2014
An AH-64 Apache helicopter with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, hovers while supporting a close air-support training exercise with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division at Dona Anna training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas, April 24-26, 2014. Close air-support will be available to the battalion’s companies throughout training and......
Photo by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.25.2014
An AH-64 Apache helicopter with Alpha Company, 1-501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, flies in support of close air-support training with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division at Dona Anna training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas, April 24-26, 2014. Close air-support will be available to the battalion’s companies throughout training and sometimes during the Network......
Photo by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.25.2014
Corporal Jonathan Hoag, a squad leader with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, calls for close air-support from AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1-501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, overhead during close air-support training at Dona Anna training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas, April 24-26, 2014. Close air-support will be available to the battalion’s......
Photo by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.25.2014
Two AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1-501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, maneuver into position during a close air-support training exercise with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division at Dona Anna training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas, April 24-26, 2014. Close air-support will be available to the battalion’s companies throughout training and......
Photo by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.25.2014
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division call in air support from AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, during a close-air support exercise at Dona Anna training facility, Fort Bliss, Texas, April 24-26, 2014. Close air-support will be available to the battalion’s companies throughout training......
Photo by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.14.2014
Corporal James Doran, a scout with Scout Sniper Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, prepares to fire an M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System at Range 60, on Fort Bliss, Texas, April 14, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Austin Long)...
Photo by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.14.2014
Corporal James Doran, a scout with Scout Sniper Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fires a Beretta M107 .50 caliber sniper rifle at Range 60, on Fort Bliss, Texas, April 14, 2014. This was the first time for Doran, and the other three scouts to fire the weapon. Snipers in the platoon are using the time building up to the Network Integration Exercise to prepare......
Photo by Cpl. Austin Long | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.14.2014
Staff Sgt. Rollie Pennington, a platoon sergeant with Scout Sniper Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fires an M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System out the side of a UH-60 Black Hawk during aerial engagement training, at Range 62, on Fort Bliss, Texas, April 14, 2014. Pennington is one of two school trained snipers in the platoon. Currently he and Staff Sgt. Eric......