Story by Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado | 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 08.12.2014
A group of Marines with 1st Brigade Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade departed Camp Francis here Aug. 12, in the first of two convoys carrying the gear that filled out the camp and the combat operations center during Large Scale Exercise 2014....
Story by Cpl. Corey Dabney | 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 08.10.2014
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. – Marines and Navy personnel have worked side-by-side since the inception of the Marine Corps. So, it a common sight to see Marines and Sailors working closely together. What isn’t a common sight is to see a Marine Expeditionary Brigade and sailors from an Expeditionary Strike Group working alongside one another ashore. ......
Story by Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado | 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 08.09.2014
When going into combat, ground troops are frequently aided by fire support elements. These assets are often based on artillery and air fire support. The combination of these fire assets gives the maneuver element the lead it needs when closing with the enemy....
Story by Lance Cpl. Angel Serna | 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 08.08.2014
On an uncomfortably hot day in the Mojave Desert, many service members participating in Large Scale Exercise 2014 prepare for the day to end, but one Marine decides it’s the perfect weather to bring out his tools and some spare wood to create something from scraps of nothing. Corporal Tanner Lechner, a combat engineer with Combat Service Support Company, 1st Brigade Headquarters Group, 1st......
Story by Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado | 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 08.06.2014
The sun shines bright in Twentynine Palms, Calif., temperatures rise by the hour, and the Marines of 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade are no less than three weeks away from escaping the unforgiving summer conditions of the Californian deserts. The MEB’s mission this time is to complete Large Scale Exercise 2014. LSE-14 is a bilateral training exercise being conducted by 1st MEB to build......
Story by Lance Cpl. Caitlin Bevel | 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 08.05.2014
In combat environments, with bullets flying and improvised explosive devices hidden all around, lives are at risk. There are a select few men and women qualified to accompany Marines into these dangerous areas. These men and women are known as corpsmen and among them is Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian McKenna....
Story by Sgt. Michael Crawford | U.S. Army Europe and Africa | 08.01.2014
Paratroopers with the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Latvian Soldiers spent a day away from tactics, techniques and procedures to focus on self-improvement at a Strong Bonds retreat here Aug. 1....
Story by Sgt. Mark VanGerpen | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.15.2014
It was 5 o’clock in the morning, just before sunrise when the low, staccato chops announced the approach of a helicopter over a quiet pasture near Camp Guernsey, Wyoming....
