A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Reconnaissance Detachment, executes a high angle sniper range during their WESTPAC deployment on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 31, 2014. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deploying as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evan R. White/Released) - A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Reconnaissance Detachment, executes a high angle sniper range during their WESTPAC deployment on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 31, 2014. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deploying as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evan R. White/Released)
An MV-22B Osprey, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, flies over the Pacific Ocean en route to Hawaii, July 30, 2014. Four Ospreys launched from the USS Makin Island and traveled more than 800 nautical miles to insert an element of Marines into a simulated Embassy compound. The MEU departed San Diego on July 25 and is currently deployed as part of WESTPAC 14-2. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evan R. White/Released) - An MV-22B Osprey, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, flies over the Pacific Ocean en route to Hawaii, July 30, 2014. Four Ospreys launched from the USS Makin Island and traveled more than 800 nautical miles to insert an element of Marines into a simulated Embassy compound. The MEU departed San Diego on July 25 and is currently deployed as part of WESTPAC 14-2. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evan R. White/Released)
Marines with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, play basketball at the 11th MEU field meet aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 27, 2014. The Marines were celebrating the completion of their pre-deployment training. - Marines with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, play basketball at the 11th MEU field meet aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 27, 2014. The Marines were celebrating the completion of their pre-deployment training.
Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, return to their amphibious assault vehicles after conducting a company-sized mechanized assault exercise as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 10. COMPTUEX is the second at-sea event in the 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group joint predeployment training program, during which they will refine mission-related operations and blue-green communication. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Wenger/Released) - Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, return to their amphibious assault vehicles after conducting a company-sized mechanized assault exercise as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 10. COMPTUEX is the second at-sea event in the 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group joint predeployment training program, during which they will refine mission-related operations and blue-green communication. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Wenger/Released)
Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives their next target point for completing the next fire mission as part of Expeditionary Fires Exercise (EFEX) as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) at San Clemente Island, Calif., May 8, 2014. COMPTUEX is the second at-sea event in the 11th MEU's predeployment cycle, in which the MEU will conduct concurrent mission planning and execution integrated across all element of the Marine Air Ground Task Force while supporting Amphibious Squadron 5 in their evaluated training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/RELEASED) - Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives their next target point for completing the next fire mission as part of Expeditionary Fires Exercise (EFEX) as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) at San Clemente Island, Calif., May 8, 2014. COMPTUEX is the second at-sea event in the 11th MEU's predeployment cycle, in which the MEU will conduct concurrent mission planning and execution integrated across all element of the Marine Air Ground Task Force while supporting Amphibious Squadron 5 in their evaluated training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/RELEASED)
Marines and sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, check flight equipment in the hangar bay of the USS Makin Island prior to loading aircraft and depart for a ship to shore vertical assault training mission during Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego, April 15. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group team conducts various amphibious-based operations during PMINT in preparation for their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus/Released) - Marines and sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, check flight equipment in the hangar bay of the USS Makin Island prior to loading aircraft and depart for a ship to shore vertical assault training mission during Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego, April 15. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group team conducts various amphibious-based operations during PMINT in preparation for their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus/Released)
Marines with the tank platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire the M256 smoothbore gun of four M1A1 Abrams tanks during a live-fire training exercise at Camp Roberts, Calif., March 20. Realistic Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise 14-1 allows the Marines and sailors of the 11th MEU the opportunity to employ techniques and tactics applicable to their future deployment. RUTMEUEX incorporates the majority of the ground combat element, aviation combat element, logistics combat element and command element of the MEU for the first time in the predeployment cycle. - Marines with the tank platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire the M256 smoothbore gun of four M1A1 Abrams tanks during a live-fire training exercise at Camp Roberts, Calif., March 20. Realistic Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise 14-1 allows the Marines and sailors of the 11th MEU the opportunity to employ techniques and tactics applicable to their future deployment. RUTMEUEX incorporates the majority of the ground combat element, aviation combat element, logistics combat element and command element of the MEU for the first time in the predeployment cycle.
Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit transport a prefabricated bridge over a creek during a community outreach project near Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 22. Chaplains with the 11th MEU coordinated volunteers from the unit’s major subordinate elements to help beautify a walking path belonging to Mission San Antonio. Since the mission is located just outside of the base, it served as an optimal volunteer opportunity while the unit executed pre-deployment training as part of Realistic Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (RUTMEUEX) 14-1. - Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit transport a prefabricated bridge over a creek during a community outreach project near Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 22. Chaplains with the 11th MEU coordinated volunteers from the unit’s major subordinate elements to help beautify a walking path belonging to Mission San Antonio. Since the mission is located just outside of the base, it served as an optimal volunteer opportunity while the unit executed pre-deployment training as part of Realistic Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (RUTMEUEX) 14-1.