Story by Cpl. Alyssa N. Gunton | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.30.2014
Your plane crashes in the middle of nowhere; you have no idea where you are. Now you and the other survivors must try to find help but also stay alive with whatever you can find....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office | 06.28.2014
Survival is more than just instinct, it is a skill that is honed through rigorous training. For a platoon of approximately 30 Mongolian Armed Forces service members, led by a training contingent of five Alaska Army National Guardsman and U.S. Marines, the survival-training course served to create a better understanding of techniques in surviving in the wilderness. The survival-training......
Story by Sgt. Balinda ONeal | U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office | 06.26.2014
Mongolian, Republic of India, and U.S. forces are participating in the Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) portion of Exercise Khaan Quest 2014, June 18-29. Khaan Quest is a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise co-sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and hosted annually by Mongolian Armed Forces. KQ14 is the latest in a continuing series of......
Story by Cpl. Alyssa N. Gunton | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.24.2014
Bang! A hand grenade goes off. Mongolian role players yell, “Help me!” as they pretend to be injured from the training grenade....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office | 06.24.2014
Nestled in a grass-covered valley surrounded by a panoramic view of rolling hills and low mountains lined with skyward-reaching rock formations, covered by an expansive sky that seems to go on forever, the Five Hills Training Area of the Mongolian Armed Forces came to life with the arrival of Soldiers for the Field Training Exercise (FTX) portion of Khaan Quest 2014 that began June 20. KQ14......
Story by 2nd Lt. Courtney Caimona | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.20.2014
Rain clouds parted to reveal an expansive, Mongolian blue sky under which U.S. Marines participated in an opening ceremony here, June 20 to launch Exercise Khaan Quest 2014....
Story by 2nd Lt. Courtney Caimona | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.19.2014
What does it mean to uphold a legacy? For some, it means attending the same university as generations of one’s family line. For others it means taking over the family business. For U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Phillip D. Jones, it means serving in the military like both of his parents....
Story by 2nd Lt. Courtney Caimona | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.18.2014
Sounds of power saws and hammers can be heard emanating from the halls of a white-bricked elementary school in Bayayngol District, Ulaanbaatar, Tov province, Mongolia, June 18 where Marines are working hard to renovate it as part of the Engineering Civic Action Program of Khaan Quest 2014....
