Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Weapons Company, practice clearing buildings at the Military Operations in Urban Training facility aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 25, 2010. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which consists of Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Combat Logistics Battalion 26 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, will spend the next six months training for its upcoming deployment.
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Weapons Company, practices patrolling through an urban environment at the Military Operations in Urban Training facility aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 25, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Christopher Robinson, an anti-tank missileman, with Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Weapons Company, clears a building at the Military Operations in Urban Training facility aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 25, 2010.
Marines with the Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Weapons Company, practice clearing buildings at the Military Operations in Urban Training facility aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 25, 2010.
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Weapons Company, practice clearing buildings at the Military Operations in Urban Training facility aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 25, 2010.
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Weapons Company, practice clearing buildings at the Military Operations in Urban Training facility aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 25, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Felipe Zapata Sierra, a mortarman with 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrols through Marjah, Afghanistan, March 27, 2010.
Cpl. Joshua T. Hurst, a mortarman with 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrols alongside an Afghan National Army soldier during a patrol through Marjah, Afghanistan, March 27, 2010.
Lance Cpl. Trevor Nash, a mortarman with 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrols through Marjah, Afghanistan, March 27, 2010.
Marines with 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, investigate a high metallic hit from their metal detector during a patrol through Marjah, Afghanistan, March 27, 2010.
Marines from 2nd Recon Bn, BLT 1/9, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a Helo-casting mission out of the back of a CH53, and a Closed Circuit Dive while doing sustainment training in Djibouti. The 24th MEU remains as one of the most expedient units and rapid-response force ready to perform a full scale of missions ranging from humanitarian relief to full-scale combat operations- 4th April 2010
Marines from Explosives Ordinance Detachment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Navy Explosives Ordinance Detachment, Mobile Unit 11 test the penetration of various ammunition on a light armored SUV and participated in a Demolition range while in Djibouti. The 24th MEU remains as one of the most expedient units and rapid-response force ready to perform a full scale of missions ranging from humanitarian relief to full-scale combat operations.
Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, hike to the landing zone where they will begin their V-22 Osprey lifts aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 24. BLT 3/8 is one of the three units that joined 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which will spend the next six months training for its upcoming deployment.
A Marine infantry officer with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, improvises a terrain model of his squad\'s next training exercise out of rocks and grass aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 24. BLT 3/8 is one of the three units that joined 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which will spend the next six months training for its upcoming deployment.
Marines from 2nd Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, utilize snipers skills, fast-roping, and small arms fire while doing sustainment training in Djibouti. The 24th MEU remains as one of the most expedient units and rapid-response force ready to perform a full scale of missions ranging from humanitarian relief to full-scale combat operations.