Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.24.2015
Three MV-22B Ospreys land on San Clemente Island, Calif., simultaneously. A dust storm swarms around the Marines as they run out of the aircraft and set up 360 degrees of security, waiting for their next move. As the birds fly away, squads break away to their designated objectives to secure two towns on the island. Each Marine within Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st......
Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.06.2015
U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the Essex Amphibious Ready Group’s three ships for Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration training, or PMINT, off the coast of San Diego Feb. 23 - March 8....
Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 03.06.2015
Driving down the dusty roads of Iraq or Afghanistan is a dangerous job. Service members need to maintain a combat mindset and keep their eyes out for improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. If they don’t discover one before it’s too close, it can be lethal to themselves and their brothers or sisters in arms next to them. When and IED is spotted, they call for explosive ordnance disposal, or......
Story by Pfc. Alvin Pujols | 1st Marine Division | 02.23.2015
On Feb. 23, 2015, MV-22 Ospreys and CH-53 Super Stallions transported Marines from Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, to their anxiously awaiting families on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. For most of the Marines, the homecoming was a reunion, but for some, it was an introduction....
Story by Lance Cpl. Caitlin Bevel | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.11.2015
Georgia Liaison Team 10 was setting up aerial surveillance in Afghanistan when they came under attack. For one Marine providing security, the incoming enemy rocket would damage more than just the terrain. Sergeant Michael V. Hall II, a field radio operator with 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, received the Purple Heart for wounds sustained in action while......
Story by Cpl. Steve Lopez | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.28.2015
The Marine expeditionary unit represents everything the Marines Corps offers. The Marines that compose the MEU are the first responders to crises around the world. Its success is carried out by young Marines dedicated to maintaining a force in readiness. However, this would not be possible without exceptional senior leadership at the MEU. Staff Sgt. Clyde Harris knows about hard work and......
Story by Cpl. Anna Albrecht | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 12.19.2014
U.S. Marines and sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted realistic urban training at several locations in California Dec. 5-16 to prepare the unit for its deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East next spring. Normally based out of Camp Pendleton, the MEU operated from bases including Fort Hunter Liggett and Camp Roberts near Monterey, Calif., Twentynine Palms, and......
Story by Lance Cpl. Isaac Ibarra | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 12.18.2014
It’s an early December morning as Marines step out of their tents, the silence compliments the frigid winds. They were up before the sun, using their flashlights to gather their ammunition for the day. By dawn, the range was awakened by the alarming gunfire of M2 .50-caliber Browning machine guns....
