Photo by Lance Cpl. Chris Garcia | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.09.2015
A Marine with II Marine Expeditionary Force locates practice targets using binoculars while conducting observation lane training at the Division Combat Skills Center aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 9, 2015, during a designated marksmanship course. Marines use binoculars during observation lane training as part of the designated marksmanship course to aid in finding targets that are at a great......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Chris Garcia | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.09.2015
A Marine with II Marine Expeditionary Force describes and draws a practice target during a training exercise during a designated marksmanship course at the Division Combat Skills Center aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 9, 2015. Developing the Marines’ target identification skills aids the units in deployed environments when they need to identify unknown threats at long distances. Marines in......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Chris Garcia | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.09.2015
A Marine with II Marine Expeditionary Force uses binoculars to search for practice targets set by the course instructors at the Division Combat Skills Center aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 9, 2015. Training to develop a better understanding of how to locate, identify and describe targets in detail is vital to Marines in the designated marksman role. Ten targets of different sizes, shapes and......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Chris Garcia | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.09.2015
Marines with various units from throughout II Marine Expeditionary Force use binoculars to scan for practice targets while conducting observation lane training during a designated marksmanship course at the Division Combat Skills Center aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 9, 2015. The purpose of the training was to improve the abilities of the individual Marines to detect anomalies or threats......
Photo by Nikko-Angelo Matos | Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq | 09.17.2011
U.S. Army soldiers, of Mortar Platoon, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, fire a 120 mm mortar round at a designated target during a live fire exercise at Contingency Operating Site Warhorse in the Diyala province, Sept. 17, 2011. The soldiers are demonstrating how to fire mortar rounds while Iraqi army soldiers observe so they can have a......
Photo by Nikko-Angelo Matos | Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq | 06.25.2011
U.S. Army soldiers, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, assist Iraqi soldiers in setting up positions to launch mortar rounds at designated targets at Ghuzlani Training Site in the Ninewa province, Iraq, June 25, 2011.They are rehearsing for an exercise called, Operation Iron Lion were they will display their tactical operations in front of their leaders as......
Photo by Nikko-Angelo Matos | Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq | 05.31.2011
An Iraqi army soldier escorts Iraqi officials to their designated area to spectate at the capstone of Operation Iron Lion at Forward Operating Base in the Diyala province, Iraq, May 31, 2011. The purpose of a capstone in Iron Lion is so the Iraqi army and Iraqi police can demonstrate their ability to operate strategically in a combat zone. (Photo by: Pfc. Nikko-Angelo Matos)...
Photo by Nikko-Angelo Matos | Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq | 05.14.2011
A U.S. Army soldier, Bravo Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, attaches chains to the top of a connex so a nearby crane can lift it and place it in its designated location at Forward Operating Base Normandy in the Diyala province, Iraq, May 14, 2011. The arrangement of connexes is to assist the Iraqi Army in forming a Military Operation Urban Terrain site. (Photo by: Pfc.......