Video by Cpl. Joseph Helms and Sgt. Trent A. Henry | 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.26.2025
U.S. Marine with the Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and U.K. Royal Marine Commando with 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group, conduct Advanced Sniper Course 25-2 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 26, 2025. ASC is designed to train personnel in the marksmanship skills necessary to conduct sniper operations in support......
Video by Lance Cpl. Diego Berumen | 1st Marine Division | 08.08.2025
U.S Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division hold a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 8, 2025. During the ceremony, Sgt. Maj. Richard B. Johnson transferred his responsibilities as the battalion's senior enlisted leader to Sgt. Maj. James Meak. Johnson is a native of Washington, D.C. and Meak is a native of Minnesota......
Video by Lance Cpl. Andrew Whistler | 1st Marine Division | 06.27.2025
U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, hold a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 27, 2025. During the ceremony Lt. Col. Daniel J. Davis relinquished command of the battalion to Lt. Col. Evan J. Fairfield. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Andrew Whistler)...
Courtesy Video | 1st Marine Division | 12.04.2024
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct a military free fall jump from a U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II assigned to 39th Rescue Squadron, 920th Rescue Wing, as part of Steel Knight 24 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 4, 2024. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that takes place in multiple locations across the......
Video by Cpl. Earik Barton | 1st Marine Division | 04.19.2023
U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct high altitude, low opening jumps off the coast of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 19, 2023. 1st Recon conducted HALO jumps as part of a pre deployment training exercise for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Earik Barton)...
Video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 05.23.2018
Every year, reconnaissance Marines from every clime and place venture to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., to participate in the annual Recon Challenge, bringing with them the memory of their fallen brothers. Over the course of a 25-mile trek through the unforgiving Camp Pendleton terrain, participants of the challenge had to complete various obstacles and events, and at the end of......
Video by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 05.17.2018
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton hosts the 10th Annual Recon Challenge, bringing together reconnaissance Marines and corpsmen from across the world to compete in a team race and pay tribute to their fallen on May 17, 2018. The Recon Challenge consists of eight checkpoints, each testing competitors' physical and mental limits over a 25-mile trek which included a 1,000-yard open ocean swim,......
Video by Sgt. Steve Lopez | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.20.2015
ARTA TRAINING RANGE, Djibouti (Oct. 20, 2015) U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in various events during a desert survival and tactics course. Elements of the 15th MEU trained with the 5th Overseas Combined Arms Regiment (RIAOM) in Djibouti in order to improve interoperability between the MEU and the French military. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Sgt. Steve......
