Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element use fire and maneuver tactics to move from house to house as part of urban raid training here Feb. 5. This raid was the first of three different raids Marines conducted. This training evolution is one of many to prepare Marines for the MEU's scheduled deployment. - Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element use fire and maneuver tactics to move from house to house as part of urban raid training here Feb. 5. This raid was the first of three different raids Marines conducted. This training evolution is one of many to prepare Marines for the MEU's scheduled deployment.
Lt. Col. Jason Holden, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 commanding officer, listens to a brief during a simulated exercise as part of the staff planning course for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron Five here Jan. 24. The two-weeklong training evolution focused senior leaders on the rapid response planning process, or R2P2, and developed skills pivotal to planning the missions anticipated during their future deployment. - Lt. Col. Jason Holden, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 commanding officer, listens to a brief during a simulated exercise as part of the staff planning course for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron Five here Jan. 24. The two-weeklong training evolution focused senior leaders on the rapid response planning process, or R2P2, and developed skills pivotal to planning the missions anticipated during their future deployment.
Company L squad leader and 26-year-old Tomball, Texas, native Sgt. Alex M. Piasecki provides security Sept. 12 during a field exercise in which amphibious assault vehicles transported the company ashore from USS New Orleans off the coast. The company is one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit began a sea-based exercise Sept. 1, its second aboard amphibious ships since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. A platoon of tracked vehicles from 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., reinforces the Pendleton-based 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. The platoon provides the go-to means of maneuver for Company L. - Company L squad leader and 26-year-old Tomball, Texas, native Sgt. Alex M. Piasecki provides security Sept. 12 during a field exercise in which amphibious assault vehicles transported the company ashore from USS New Orleans off the coast. The company is one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit began a sea-based exercise Sept. 1, its second aboard amphibious ships since becoming a complete Marine air-ground task force in May. A platoon of tracked vehicles from 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., reinforces the Pendleton-based 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. The platoon provides the go-to means of maneuver for Company L.
A Navy boat launched from USS New Orleans Aug. 14 carries maritime raid force members of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit to a vessel the force’s assault element later boarded during counter-piracy and counter-terrorism training miles from Southern California's San Clemente Island. Four days earlier the unit began its first sea-based exercise since becoming a complete Marine air ground task force in May. - A Navy boat launched from USS New Orleans Aug. 14 carries maritime raid force members of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit to a vessel the force’s assault element later boarded during counter-piracy and counter-terrorism training miles from Southern California's San Clemente Island. Four days earlier the unit began its first sea-based exercise since becoming a complete Marine air ground task force in May.
Cpl. Gustavo Munoz, left, a parachute rigger serving with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, checks the identification of role player Cpl. David Rawlinson during a noncombatant evacuation exercise here May 4. Munoz, 20, is from Dallas, Texas. Rawlinson, 23, a military policeman serving with CLB-11, is from Tulsa, Okla. - Cpl. Gustavo Munoz, left, a parachute rigger serving with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, checks the identification of role player Cpl. David Rawlinson during a noncombatant evacuation exercise here May 4. Munoz, 20, is from Dallas, Texas. Rawlinson, 23, a military policeman serving with CLB-11, is from Tulsa, Okla.
Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Makin Island listen as a firefighter with the San Francisco Fire Dpeartment describes the various tools and their functions found in a rescue environment here Oct. 8. The unit visited the fire department to receive search-and-rescue training. The 11th MEU is the first amphibious landing force to embark Makin Island, which set sail for San Francisco Oct. 1 to participate in the city's 2010 Fleet Week. There the 11th MEU plans to showcase to the public the Marine Corps' men and women, its aircraft and equipment and its ability to conduct missions that span the overlapping spectrums of peace and combat, from disaster relief to war. - Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Makin Island listen as a firefighter with the San Francisco Fire Dpeartment describes the various tools and their functions found in a rescue environment here Oct. 8. The unit visited the fire department to receive search-and-rescue training. The 11th MEU is the first amphibious landing force to embark Makin Island, which set sail for San Francisco Oct. 1 to participate in the city's 2010 Fleet Week. There the 11th MEU plans to showcase to the public the Marine Corps' men and women, its aircraft and equipment and its ability to conduct missions that span the overlapping spectrums of peace and combat, from disaster relief to war.
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.
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.
Retired Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston talks to members of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, during a field mess night here July 16. Livingston served as the E Co. commander in 1968 during the Vietnam War. There he earned the Medal of Honor and many other decorations for heroic actions in combat. - Retired Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston talks to members of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, during a field mess night here July 16. Livingston served as the E Co. commander in 1968 during the Vietnam War. There he earned the Medal of Honor and many other decorations for heroic actions in combat.
Company E Marines run to a CH-46 helicopter after completing a long-range helicopter raid at Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 8. The company – one of four that make up Battalion Landing Team 2/4, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element – departed USS Bonhomme Richard in six CH-46s, two CH-53s and other aircraft. The MEU, part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting its first pre-deployment exercise at sea with its Navy counterpart, Amphibious Squadron 7. This Navy and Marine Corps team is testing interoperability before a deployment certification exercise later this summer. - Company E Marines run to a CH-46 helicopter after completing a long-range helicopter raid at Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 8. The company – one of four that make up Battalion Landing Team 2/4, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element – departed USS Bonhomme Richard in six CH-46s, two CH-53s and other aircraft. The MEU, part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting its first pre-deployment exercise at sea with its Navy counterpart, Amphibious Squadron 7. This Navy and Marine Corps team is testing interoperability before a deployment certification exercise later this summer.