Marines, loaded with packs and weapons, stay aligned in formation while hiking at the Edson Range Complex here June 25. The six-mile hike was the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's first since returning from a sea deployment in April. - Marines, loaded with packs and weapons, stay aligned in formation while hiking at the Edson Range Complex here June 25. The six-mile hike was the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's first since returning from a sea deployment in April.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's color guard posts during the unit’s change-of-command ceremony where Col. Gregg P. Olson relinquished the helm to Col. Michael R. Hudson here May 11. The ceremony took place less than a month after the MEU returned from a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific, Middle East, and Horn of Africa regions. (Photo by William T. Greeson) - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's color guard posts during the unit’s change-of-command ceremony where Col. Gregg P. Olson relinquished the helm to Col. Michael R. Hudson here May 11. The ceremony took place less than a month after the MEU returned from a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific, Middle East, and Horn of Africa regions. (Photo by William T. Greeson)
Lance Cpl. Hudson D. Bradley and his father, Emory Bradley, watch from USS Rushmore as pilots from Bonhomme Richard demonstrate their aircraft’s capabilities April 8. The Bradleys hail from Paris, Tenn. - Lance Cpl. Hudson D. Bradley and his father, Emory Bradley, watch from USS Rushmore as pilots from Bonhomme Richard demonstrate their aircraft’s capabilities April 8. The Bradleys hail from Paris, Tenn.
Broken and graffitied lockers at Sarakul Stadium hold track medals and the few earthly possessions of teen boys living here. Service members aboard USS Rushmore volunteered March 6 to clean and paint for the Phuket Athletic Club, a nationally competing track-and-field team. The volunteers – service members with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group – spent the day fixing bent bed frames, cleaning rooms and painting beds and lockers. The stadium offers boys an alternative to growing up in Phuket neighborhoods where drugs and crime affect many young people. - Broken and graffitied lockers at Sarakul Stadium hold track medals and the few earthly possessions of teen boys living here. Service members aboard USS Rushmore volunteered March 6 to clean and paint for the Phuket Athletic Club, a nationally competing track-and-field team. The volunteers – service members with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group – spent the day fixing bent bed frames, cleaning rooms and painting beds and lockers. The stadium offers boys an alternative to growing up in Phuket neighborhoods where drugs and crime affect many young people.
Lance Cpl. Luther Sackett, a rifleman from Rockyford, Co., rushes toward targets during a live-fire and maneuver exercise here Jan. 29. Sackett, and other Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted live-fire weapons shoots and trained with the French Army Jan. 28-Feb. 5. - Lance Cpl. Luther Sackett, a rifleman from Rockyford, Co., rushes toward targets during a live-fire and maneuver exercise here Jan. 29. Sackett, and other Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted live-fire weapons shoots and trained with the French Army Jan. 28-Feb. 5.
Fireballs ignited by 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit combat engineers burst upward over a military range here Jan. 27 during a bilateral training exercise conducted by the unit’s ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, and Kuwaiti military. - Fireballs ignited by 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit combat engineers burst upward over a military range here Jan. 27 during a bilateral training exercise conducted by the unit’s ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, and Kuwaiti military.
Pvt. James C. Colucci, from Santa Rosa, Calif., helps search for a simulated captured Marine during counterinsurgency training at Forward Operating Base Gerber here Jan. 16. The Marines of Company G later found the Marine after building trust and gathering intelligence from role players portraying Afghans. The company’s Marines serve as the mechanized assault force for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, aka the Magnificent Bastards. - Pvt. James C. Colucci, from Santa Rosa, Calif., helps search for a simulated captured Marine during counterinsurgency training at Forward Operating Base Gerber here Jan. 16. The Marines of Company G later found the Marine after building trust and gathering intelligence from role players portraying Afghans. The company’s Marines serve as the mechanized assault force for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, aka the Magnificent Bastards.
Lance Cpl. Christopher Duffourc, 21, of Lockhart, Texas, fires a wire-guided missile at a range here Dec. 13 as Sgt. Roberto Colon of New Jersey stands by as a position safety officer. Duffourc and Colon are serving with the Magnificent Bastards, the ground-combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. - Lance Cpl. Christopher Duffourc, 21, of Lockhart, Texas, fires a wire-guided missile at a range here Dec. 13 as Sgt. Roberto Colon of New Jersey stands by as a position safety officer. Duffourc and Colon are serving with the Magnificent Bastards, the ground-combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
A Legionnaire with the 13th Demi-Brigade of the French Foreign Legion shows his weapon to members of Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, here Dec. 6. The Marines trained with the French military unit Dec. 4-10 at numerous locations here. - A Legionnaire with the 13th Demi-Brigade of the French Foreign Legion shows his weapon to members of Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, here Dec. 6. The Marines trained with the French military unit Dec. 4-10 at numerous locations here.
A Navy air-cushioned landing craft returns to the Persian Gulf after delivering 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit personnel and equipment to this uninhabited island Nov. 20. The Navy and Marine Corps team practiced an amphibious landing from the amphibious transport dock ship Cleveland and the amphibious dock landing ship Rushmore while the MEU’s reconnaissance Marines trained with Kuwaiti commandos. - A Navy air-cushioned landing craft returns to the Persian Gulf after delivering 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit personnel and equipment to this uninhabited island Nov. 20. The Navy and Marine Corps team practiced an amphibious landing from the amphibious transport dock ship Cleveland and the amphibious dock landing ship Rushmore while the MEU’s reconnaissance Marines trained with Kuwaiti commandos.