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Lance Cpl. Shane A. Bailey seperates trash and recyclables with citizens of Kin Town during a community relations event at the Kin Town fishery port Aug. 4. Bailey is a machine-gunner with Battalion Landing Tea More

Amphibious assault vehicles with Marines and sailors of Company E., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, rally in preparation for the assault and seizure of More

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, board the USS Comstock in amphibious assault vehicles during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, construct a terrain model aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Composite Training Unit Ex More

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, employ the M224A1 60mm mortar system during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) abo More

Lance Cpl. Tate Demaray, a rifleman with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Tappen, N.D. native, engages a target while conducting a More

A landing craft utility, laden with Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors with the USS Comstock, departs the ship during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), May 19. The 11th MEU a More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit enter a simulated urban structure as part of a mechanized raid training event during Composite Traini More

Sailors aboard the USS Comstock remove restraints from an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (VMM-163), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during Certification Exercise (CERTEX) off the coast More

A Marine with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security during an island seizure operation as part of Certification Exercise (CERTEX) on San More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, return to the USS Comstock from a simulated noncombatant evacuation operation via a landing craft ut More

Petty Officer First Class James Robertson, an independent duty corpsman with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Los Angeles native, reads the More

Petty Officer Third Class Arlon Rivers, a corpsman with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Chino Hills, California native, recites corpsman hi More

Cpl. Jesse Macken, a field radio operator with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Salineville, Ohio, native, establishes a communication point More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors with the USS Comstock man the rails as they depart Naval Base San Diego, California, July 25. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors with the USS Comstock man the rails as they depart Naval Base San Diego, California, July 25. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct physical training on the flight deck of the USS Comstock during an underway period in the Pacific Ocean, July 28. Elements of More

Sailors with the USS Comstock run to remove restraints from an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, July 29. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphib More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit learn techniques from the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program on the flight deck of the USS Comstock July 31. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group a More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Comstock during an underway period in the Pacific Ocean, More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Comstock during an underway period aboard the USS Comstock, Aug. 2. The More

Sailors with the USS Comstock man a tethering line as the USNS Kaiser conducts a replenishment at sea during an underway period in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 4. Elements of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are e More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, learn how to apply tourniquets as part of a combat lifesaving course while deployed aboard the USS C More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in combat conditioning as part of corporal’s course, a professional military education program conducted while deployed aboard the USS Comstock, Aug. More

Sailors with the USS Comstock refuel an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, while deployed aboard the USS Comstock, Aug. 7. Elements of the 11th More

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice moving a casualty as part of physical training on the flight deck of the USS Maki More

Sailors with the USS Comstock depart the ship on a 7-meter rigid-hulled inflatable boat to retrieve six National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers from a remote Hawaiian island, Aug. 8. More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land on the flight deck off the USS Comstock during their deployment Aug. 12. Elements of the More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a sword manual assessment as part of corporal's course, a professional military education program conducted while deployed aboard the USS Comstock, Aug. 1 More

A sailor with the USS Comstock directs an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, on the flight deck of the USS Comstock during their deployment Aug More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Comstock during their deployment Aug. 14. The 11th MEU and More

Marines with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in a corporal’s course graduation ceremony on the USS Comstock during their deployment Aug. 15. This is the first of six corporal’s courses scheduled thro More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Comstock Aug. 15. The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious More

Lance Cpl. Daniel Karkow, a vehicle commander with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Manchester, Iowa, native, executes a take down during a More

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a small-arms shoot on the flight deck of the USS Comstock during their deployment Aug. 16. The 11th MEU an More

Lance Cpl. Shelton Denison, a heavy equipment operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Payson, Utah, native, transports a pallet using the 5K multi-terrain loader as pa More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrate maneuvers from the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program for members of the Malaysian Armed More

An amphibious assault vehicle with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, executes a demonstration for members of the Malaysian Armed Forces during Mala More

Cpl. Daniel Pajardo, a squad leader with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, leads a team of Malaysian service members in a simulated ambush during M More

Petty Officer Third Class Lance Sockabasin, a corpsman with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Princeton, Maine native, hands a Meal, Ready-to More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives members of the Malaysian Armed Forces a tour of the USS Comstock during Malaysia-United States More

An amphibious assault vehicle with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, leaves the well deck of the USS Comstock during Malaysia-United States Amphibi More

The USNS Rappahannock shoots a fueling line over to the USS Comstock, embarked with Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, for a resupply-at-sea during the MEU's deployment Sept. 5. The 11th MEU and Mak More

1st Lt. James Lynch, a platoon commander with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, a member of the USS Comstock’s small craft action team, and a Boxfo More

Sailors with the USS Comstock run back to a safe position after applying restraint to an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, on the flight deck More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors with the USS Comstock stand in formation at the ship’s Sept. 11th remembrance ceremony during their deployment Sept. 11, 2014. The 11th MEU and Makin More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Comstock, Sept. 12. The USS Comstock is part of the Maki More

An MH-60S Sea Hawk prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Comstock (LSD 45),Sept. 13. The Comstock is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Uni More

While aboard the USS San Diego (LPD 22), U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receive instruction on the firing control system for More

Lance Cpl. Kris Norman, a machine gun team leader with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Micah, Washington native, mans his station as part o More

Staff Sgt. Mark Mangio, an infantry unit leader with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Carson, California, native, watches for small boats as More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors with the USS Comstock (LSD 45) unload a pallet during a replenishment at sea Sept. 16. The Comstock is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group More

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Edward J. Gonzalez, left, platoon sergeant, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and El Paso, Texas native, cond More

Sgt. Matthew Acevedo, left, a metal worker with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Charleston, South Carolina native, and Sgt. Steven Schutter, an assault amphibious vehicle mech More

Boatswain’s Mate Carlglo Rula, a landing signalman with the USS Comstock (LSD 45) and a Bacalod City, Philippines native, guides a MH-60S Sea Hawk toward the flight deck, Sept. 20. The Comstock is part of the M More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Bushman, a landing signalman with the USS Comstock (LSD 45) and a Davenport, Iowa, native, directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk to the flight deck of the ship, Sept. 22. The Comstock is par More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jacob D. Edwards, a grenadier with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a native of Cleveland, Texas, partic More

An SA-330J Puma lifts pallets from the flight deck of the USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) for delivery to the three ship Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea, Sept. 23. More

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sit in the ready position as they prepare to grapple with each other as part of a Mar More

A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practice triaging a notional casualty as part of simulated combat life-saving training, Se More

Col. Matthew Trollinger, commanding officer of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, addresses Marines embarked aboard the USS Comstock during a visit, Sept. 27. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island ARG More

Staff Sgt. Adam Rivas, an assault amphibious vehicle crew chief with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the acting director for corporal’s More

Cpl. Cristal Rubio, a food service specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and an El Paso, Texas native, recites a poem during the Hispanic Heritage Month celebratio More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kieran H. Roberts, an automatic rifleman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and native of Los Angel More

1st Sgt. Jacob B. Jones, first sergeant, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), addresses the graduating corporal’s course as the guest s More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stands by in support of a rotation of forces on the flight deck of the USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Oct 5. T More

Cpl. Jacob Clark, a forward observer with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practices his ability to calibrate a Vector optics system, Oct. 1 More

Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), place a simulated casualty on a stretcher as part of a multi-national, joint-service casualty ev More

Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a multi-national, joint-service casualty evacuation sustainment training evolutio More

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and British Royal Marine Commandos participate in a multi-national, joint-service casualty evacuation sus More

Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to lift a simulated casualty as part of a multi-national, joint-service casualty evacuat More

U.S. Marines with Charlie Battery, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform weapons handling drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (L More

Lance Cpl. Jason Nguyen, from Huntington Beach, California, an anti-tank missileman with combined anti-armor team (CAAT) blue, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expedi More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a squad-sized patrol during a battlefield tactical search training exercise, Oct. 15. More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Chicago native, receive a brief during a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle egress training here, Oct. 17. The 11th More

Sgt. Jonathan Roche, a communication electronics technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a Chicago native, maintains a high-mobility multi-wheeled vehicle (Humve More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receive a brief from U.S. Army crew chiefs on the characteristics of a UH-60 Black Hawk during More

A machine gunner with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M240B machinegun during a gunners qualification aboard the amphibious assaul More

Cpl. Winston Bohorquez, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from Racine, Wisconsin, troubleshoots the internal communications system in a Mine More

An Army UH-60 Black Hawk from Charlie Company, 147th Aviation Assault Regiment, transports Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), dur More

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practice moving a simulated casualty as part of physical training on the flight deck of amphib More

Cpl. Carlos Lopez, a machine gunner with combined anti-armor team (CAAT) blue, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from Santa Fe, Mexico, engages targets wit More

Marines with the assault amphibious vehicle platoon, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare for a .50 caliber medium machine gun live-fire More

Cpl. Daniel P. Tujo, a riflemen with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Brookfield, Illinois, native, prepares to perform a speed reload du More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct simulated defensive operations from a reinforced location, Nov. 5. The 11th MEU is dep More

Marines with combined anti-armor team (CAAT) blue, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), enter a simulated urban environment to conduct a motorized raid, Nov. More

Marines with combined anti-armor team (CAAT) blue, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to board a UH-60 Blackhawk prior to a vertical raid, Nov. 8. T More

Lt. Col. Edward Donovan, commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and soldiers with the U.S. Army salute during the playing of the National Anthem as part of a More

Marines with weapons platoon, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a simulation on an engagement skills trainer, Nov. 11. The 11t More

Sgt. Michael Gonzalez, the combat cargo noncommissioned officer-in-charge, USS Comstock (LSD 45), from New York City, reads a book to his daughter as part of the United Through Reading Program aboard dock landi More

Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Carlglo Rula, a landing signalman aboard the landing dock ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), from Bacalod City, Philippines, directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk, transporting the Chief of Naval Opera More

Boatswain's Mate Third Class Jessenia Carpio, a landing signalman enlisted with the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), from Janesburg, New Jersey, directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk during a replenishment-at-sea, More

Sgt. Maj. Charles Weeks, Jr., sergeant major of Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), reads a certificate of commendation awarded to Sgt. Mykel Foland, a motor transport mechanic More

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), battle zero their weapons at a live-fire range during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Dj More

A rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) from the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) pulls alongside the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) for troop and cargo transport between ships in su More

Sailors with the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) lower a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) into the water to escort a landing craft utility ashore in support of exercise Red Reef 15, Dec. 7, 2014. The More

A landing craft utility (LCU) exits the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) to transport Marines and Sailors assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Comstock ash More

A landing craft utility arrives ashore to retrieve Marines and Sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, before returning to the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), following exercise Red Reef 15 in More

Sgt. Cameron Barr, a crew chief with the assault amphibious platoon, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from Reading, Pennsylvania, demonstrat More

Marines and Sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), play basketball in the well deck of the Comstock, Dec. 28. The 11th MEU is deployed with the M More