Photo by Cpl. Paul Peterson | Regional Command Southwest | 12.19.2013
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment crest a hill at the end of a patrol through Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2013. The company established temporary patrol bases and conducted dismounted patrols over the course of three days to build relations with local residents and counter any insurgent presence in the area....
Photo by Cpl. Paul Peterson | Regional Command Southwest | 12.19.2013
A combat engineer provides security during a clearing operation conducted by Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2013. The company established temporary patrol bases and conducted dismounted patrols over the course of three days to build relations with local residents and counter any insurgent presence in the area....
Photo by Cpl. Paul Peterson | Regional Command Southwest | 12.19.2013
A combat engineer uses a metal detector to sweep for buried lethal aid and improvised explosive devices during a clearing operation conducted by Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2013. The company established temporary patrol bases and conducted dismounted patrols over the course of three days to build relations with local......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 12.18.2013
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, follow Afghan role-players into a compound during a counterinsurgency exercise on Range 220 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013. The $140 million urban warfare training facility consists of more than 1,000 buildings and is divided into four sectors. The buildings replicate what can be......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 12.18.2013
Lance Cpl. Kaleb Walker, rifleman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Long Island, N.Y., provides security during a counterinsurgency exercise on Range 220 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013. The $140 million urban warfare training facility consists of more than 1,000 buildings and is divided into four sectors. The......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 12.18.2013
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, evacuate a simulated casualty during a counterinsurgency exercise on Range 220 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013. The $140 million urban warfare training facility consists of more than 1,000 buildings and is divided into four sectors. The buildings replicate what can be found in an......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 12.18.2013
Staff Sgt. Matt Ingwerson, center, platoon sergeant, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, speaks with Lance Cpl. Kevin Zalewski, rifleman, to understand what a role-player is saying during a counterinsurgency exercise on Range 220 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013. Zalewski, a native of Chapel Hill, N.C., attended a Pashtu language......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 12.18.2013
Lance Cpl. Ben Knipp, center, team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Englewood, Ohio, prepares his team to breach a compound during a counterinsurgency exercise on Range 220 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013. The $140 million urban warfare training facility consists of more than 1,000 buildings and is......
