Video by Sgt. Paris Capers | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.04.2015
Lance Cpl. Eric Gann, a military working dog (MWD) handler attached to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrates and explains how MWD teams search for and find missing or fleeing people. The 13th MEU provides a forward deployed, flexible sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and limited contingency operations,......
Video by Cpl. William Perkins | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 03.23.2015
U.S. Marines with Company G and F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, conduct a live-fire range in the Central Command area of operations, March 23, 2015. By participating in the training exercise, the Marines tested their abilities to conduct an integrated combined-arms assault against a simulated enemy......
Video by Cpl. Tony Simmons | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 03.17.2015
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, conduct tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel drills in Central Command’s area of operations. The TRAP force’s mission is to rescue or extract, by surface or air, any downed aircraft, personnel and equipment in the event of an in-flight......
Video by Lance Cpl. Skyler Treverrow | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 02.21.2015
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Keller, aviation electrician, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, from Danville, Va., talks about his mission in the Marine Corps and being an aviation electrician in the Central Command area of operations, Feb. 21, 2015. Keller contributes to the mission by keeping the......
Video by Cpl. William Perkins | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 02.21.2015
Marine Corps working dogs from Law Enforcement Detachment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, Command Element, attempt to apprehend a simulated target in the Central Command area of operations, Feb. 2015. The dogs and trainers conducted controlled aggression training, which is designed to teach them to apprehend and restrain a target rather than kill......
Video by Cpl. William Perkins | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 02.12.2015
U.S. Marines and Danish soldiers train Iraqi soldiers on the basics of marksmanship and fire team maneuvers aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 06-11, 2015. The training is part of a six week training program meant to train the Iraqi soldiers on the fundamentals of working as an infantry platoon....
Video by Cpl. Tony Simmons | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 01.31.2015
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, extend a landing ramp for incoming MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, Jan. 31, 2015. Heavy equipment operators used tractors to remove dirt and level approximately 600 yards for a new landing ramp....
Video by Cpl. Carson Gramley | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 01.14.2015
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, execute fast-rope techniques to practice tactical insertions in the Central Command area of operations, Jan. 14, 2015. Includes sound bites from Lance Cpl. Brandon Query. Hometown: Greencastle, Ind. and Sgt. Florencio Tejeda. Hometown:......
