August 20, 2015 -- MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Taking on the surf and creating massive waves of their own, Marines with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, conducted a series of amphibious operations including embarking, debarking and beach assaults on Onslow Beach at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 17, 2015. The … [Read more...]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan - August 19, 2015 -- Marine and Japanese police officers conducted a scenario-based bilateral exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 5, 2015. The training, which included the Ishikawa Police Station and the Camp Hansen Provost Marshal's Office, honed the two organizations’ ability to cooperatively stop a base intrusion. “This … [Read more...]

August 19, 2015 - MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- Marines with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade alongside service members with the British 3rd Commando Brigade and 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group executed Large Scale Exercise 15 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 14-20. The exercise is a … [Read more...]

LAKE BUTLER, Florida -- Charles "Charlie" Darrow Fink never imagined that his good friend would be shot dead right next to him during a firefight in Vietnam during Operation Starlite. When Fink enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1964, the United States had increased its involvement in Vietnam. He realized that being deployed to a war was a very likely possibility. However, nothing … [Read more...]

August 18, 2015 - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Marines from 1st and 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, participated in a Military Operations in Urban Terrain exercise during 1st Marine Division Schools’ Urban Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 12, 2015. The Urban Leaders Course is a 15-day period of instruction that … [Read more...]