Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Ngiraswei | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.20.2014
U.S. Marines make their way upstairs Sept. 20 during an island seizure exercise as part of Valiant Shield 2014. The compound was being held by soldiers with the Guam National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment who were role-playing as the opposing forces. The Marines are with. Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 3rd Marine Division, III Marine......
Photo by Cpl. David Walters | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 09.20.2014
Marine infantrymen make their way to a compound held by Guam Army National Guard who are acting as an opposing force Sept. 20 during the island seizure portion of Exercise Valiant Shield 2014 at Tinian’s North Field. The Marines were transported from Okinawa to Guam and from there to Tinian. Valiant Shield is a U.S.-only exercise integrating Navy, Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps assets,......
Photo by Cpl. David Walters | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni | 09.20.2014
Marine infantrymen make their way to a compound held by Guam Army National Guard who are acting as an opposing force Sept. 20 during the island seizure portion of Exercise Valiant Shield 2014 at Tinian’s North Field. The Marines were transported from Okinawa to Guam and from there to Tinian. Valiant Shield is a U.S.-only exercise integrating Navy, Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps assets,......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Ngiraswei | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.20.2014
Two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft containing Marine infantrymen land near Tinian’s North Field Sept. 20 as part of the island seizure portion of Exercise Valiant Shield 2014. The Marines within the aircraft disembarked and the Osprey took off before the Marines made their way to reclaim a compound that has been captured by simulated opposing forces, Guam Army National Guard’s Alpha......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Ngiraswei | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.20.2014
Cpl. Kyle W. Losee, left, and 1st Lt. Traver K. Mayfield lock in with a Stinger missile weapon system on aircraft flying by during the island seizure portion of the Valiant Shield 14 exercise Sept. 20 at Tinian’s North Field. They are acting as opposing forces who are trying to defend a captured compound that Marine infantrymen from Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment are trying to......