Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 05.03.2013
Colonel Roger Turner, the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, commander, gives a brief to his Marines before beginning a rehearsal of concept drill during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. Desert Scimitar is a combined arms exercise focused on the training and preparation of 1st Marine Division for deployment as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The......
Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 05.03.2013
Lieutenant Col. Thomas Freel, the future operations officer for 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, points out notional enemy locations on a terrain model for a rehearsal of concept drill during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. Desert Scimitar is a combined arms exercise focused on the training and preparation of 1st Marine Division for deployment as the ground combat element......
Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 05.02.2013
Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a rehearsal of concept drill during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. Desert Scimitar is a combined arms exercise focused on the training and preparation of 1st Marine Division for deployment as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The headquarters element of the "Fighting Fifth" exercised......
Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 04.26.2013
U.S. Marine Capt. Benjamin M. Middendorf, the former commander of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, was selected by Gen. James F. Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, to receive the 2012 Lt. Col. William G. Leftwich Jr. Trophy for Outstanding Leadership. Leftwich, a Navy Cross recipient, died in 1970 when his helicopter crashed in Vietnam, where he was commanding the......
Courtesy Photo | 1st Marine Division | 07.17.2012
U.S. Marine Capt. Benjamin M. Middendorf, the commander of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, speaks to his platoon commanders about future patrols here, July 18, 2012. Middendorf, a native of Rochester, Minn., was selected by Gen. James F. Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, to receive the 2012 Lt. Col. William G. Leftwich Jr. Trophy for......
Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | 1st Marine Division | 05.27.2012
U.S. Marine Capt. Benjamin M. Middendorf, the former commander of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, pauses a patrol to check their position during helicopter-borne operations here, May 27, 2012. Middendorf, a native of Rochester, Minn., was selected by Gen. James F. Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, to receive the 2012 Lt. Col. William G. Leftwich Jr. Trophy for......
