U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joe Williams, right, the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the color guard with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations - West, passes off a folded U.S. flag to retired Col. Willard Buhl as part of a memorial service for retired Lt. Col. Clark Henry on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, … [Read more...]

Mark Blake, Quantico Fire & Emergency Services, conducts controlled burns at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 9, 2023. According to the NREA, the purpose of the burns is to reduce fuel litter, minimize the potential of wildfires, and promote wildlife habitat. Fuel litter is dead and trodden woody debris that could be used as fuel for wildfires or other potential … [Read more...]

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Weaver, an engineer equipment mechanic with 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, fires an M4 during a training exercise with the Marine Corps Shooting Team’s Mobile Training Team on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 2, 2023. The Mobile Training Team provides unique additional training for Marines in preparation for the … [Read more...]

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct Range 400, a company-level combined arms training event, during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 9, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and … [Read more...]

The high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST 1) departs Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2023. The USNS Guam will transport the Marines to the Republic of Korea for exercise Freedom Shield 23. Freedom Shield is a defense-oriented exercise designed to strengthen the ROK-U.S. Alliance, enhance our combined defense posture, and strengthen security and stability on … [Read more...]