Machine-gunner Lance Cpl. Alec Maddox chops crab legs for a Mardi Gras dinner aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans here Feb. 21. The 19-year-old Salt Lake City native serves with Company L, one of three rifle companies with Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The landing team is the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Machine-gunner Lance Cpl. Alec Maddox chops crab legs for a Mardi Gras dinner aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans here Feb. 21. The 19-year-old Salt Lake City native serves with Company L, one of three rifle companies with Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The landing team is the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
120217-M-GY762-003::r::::n::Petty Officer 3rd Class David C. Elizardo sheds tears at a Feb. 17 memorial service aboard USS Makin Island here honoring fellow hospital corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyler L. Estrada, who died in a Djibouti training accident Feb. 14. Estrada, who served with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, was 21 and a native of Maricopa, Ariz. “Doc died in the company of his brothers,” said company commander Capt. Matt McGirr. The landing team is the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility. Elizardo, 28, hails from Madrid. - 120217-M-GY762-003::r::::n::Petty Officer 3rd Class David C. Elizardo sheds tears at a Feb. 17 memorial service aboard USS Makin Island here honoring fellow hospital corpsman Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyler L. Estrada, who died in a Djibouti training accident Feb. 14. Estrada, who served with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, was 21 and a native of Maricopa, Ariz. “Doc died in the company of his brothers,” said company commander Capt. Matt McGirr. The landing team is the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility. Elizardo, 28, hails from Madrid.
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a motorized training patrol here Jan. 27. The team serves as the ground combat element for the unit, which is currently providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a motorized training patrol here Jan. 27. The team serves as the ground combat element for the unit, which is currently providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
Staff Sgt. Apollo Flores radios commands during live-fire training here Jan. 30. The 28-year-old El Paso, Texas, native serves as a section leader with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is currently providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Staff Sgt. Apollo Flores radios commands during live-fire training here Jan. 30. The 28-year-old El Paso, Texas, native serves as a section leader with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is currently providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
CH-46E Sea Knights piloted by Capts. Ryan Schaaf and Steve Dixon, above, and Capt. Kyle Ladwig and Maj. Bryan Kill, below, fly past USS Makin Island here Jan. 19. The pilots serve with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group – a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - CH-46E Sea Knights piloted by Capts. Ryan Schaaf and Steve Dixon, above, and Capt. Kyle Ladwig and Maj. Bryan Kill, below, fly past USS Makin Island here Jan. 19. The pilots serve with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group – a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
A reconnaissance Marine provides security as a CH-53E Super Stallion, with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), takes off here Jan. 13. The Marine serves with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is currently providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. ::r::::n::::r::::n:: - A reconnaissance Marine provides security as a CH-53E Super Stallion, with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), takes off here Jan. 13. The Marine serves with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is currently providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. ::r::::n::::r::::n::
Cpl. Kertis Grimmer, left, recieves a graduation certificate aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 18. Grimmer serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKIARG), which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Cpl. Kertis Grimmer, left, recieves a graduation certificate aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 18. Grimmer serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKIARG), which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
Reconnaissance Marine Sgt. Richard Eldemire calls in a CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) aboard USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Jan. 5 during a casualty-evacuation drill. Eldemire, 31, hails from Kingston, Jamaica and serves as an assistant team leader with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKIARG), which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Reconnaissance Marine Sgt. Richard Eldemire calls in a CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) aboard USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Jan. 5 during a casualty-evacuation drill. Eldemire, 31, hails from Kingston, Jamaica and serves as an assistant team leader with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKIARG), which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.