Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.12.2014
Lance Cpl. Jordan Cook, fire team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is completing his final predeployment training before his second combat deployment to Afghanistan. Cook, a 22-year-old native of Godfrey, Ill., said he enjoys being a fire team leader because he is in a leadership position and is the individual responsible and in control of his team. (U.S. Marine Corps......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.12.2014
Mortarmen with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, build a mortar position after maneuvering across kilometers of rough terrain at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 3, 2014. Marines were inserted two kilometers from Lava Training Area where they had to fire and maneuver across rough terrain to an objective and set up defensive positions. After......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.12.2014
Lance Cpl. Mohaamed Cherair, right, fire team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Springfield, Pa., gives directions to Pfc. Kesley Farmer, a rifleman and a native of Woodstock, Ga., before moving to their next objective at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 3, 2014. Marines were inserted two kilometers from Lava Training......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.10.2014
Private First Class Cristian Mejia, javelin gunner, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Raleigh, N.C., shoots a javelin missile during a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 26, 2014. Bravo Co. is dedicated to helicopter operations during their upcoming combat deployment to Afghanistan. The Marines were......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.10.2014
Lance Cpl. Jesse Mickelson, automatic rifleman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is completing his final predeployment training before his first combat deployment to Afghanistan. Mickelson, a native of Okoboji, Iowa, said he loves being an automatic rifleman because he gets to shoot more rounds than anyone in his fire team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan /......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.10.2014
Lance Cpl. Bryan O’Valle, rifleman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of San Fernando, Calif., engages targets from a fighting hole during a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 26, 2014. The infantrymen immediately began digging fighting holes and developing fire plan sketches following the live-fire......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.10.2014
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provide security in fighting holes throughout the night after a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 26, 2014. The infantrymen immediately began digging fighting holes and developing fire plan sketches following the live-fire exercise to ensure the company’s position was......
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | 02.10.2014
Mortarmen with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, dig defensive positions after a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 25, 2014. The infantrymen immediately began digging fighting holes and developing fire plan sketches following the live-fire exercise to ensure the company’s position was properly defended. First Sgt.......
