Marines on Makin Island Set Sail for San Francisco
Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Command Element, stand in a promotion formation on the flight deck aboard the USS Makin Island as it approaches the Coronado Bay Bridge, outside of San Diego, Oc... More
Sgt. Maj. Scott T. Pile, 11th Marine Expeditionary
Sgt. Maj. Scott T. Pile, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit sergeant major, left, and 1st Sgt. Jonathan L. Morris, Combat Logistics Battalion 11 sergeant major, scoop ice cream for Marines and sailors aboard USS Ma... More
A UH-1Y "Venom" with Marine Light Attack Helicopter
A UH-1Y "Venom" with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, aka Scarface, prepares to land on the flight deck of USS Makin Island Oct. 3. A Scarface detachment is supporting the aviation combat element of... More
A CH-46E "Sea Knight" from Marine Medium Helicopter
A CH-46E "Sea Knight" from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, aka Purple Foxes, approaches the flight deck of the USS Makin Island, Oct. 3, landing behind a U.S. Navy HH-60 search-and-rescue helicopter. The... More
A Navy hovercraft transporting Marines and a light-armored
A Navy hovercraft transporting Marines and a light-armored vehicle from Camp Pendleton, Calif., approaches the well of USS Makin Island Oct. 4. The Marines are supporting the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's sp... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Henry, an aviation
Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Henry, an aviation boatswains mate from Pearl City, Hawaii, guides an AH-1Z "Viper SuperCobra" landing aboard USS Makin Island Oct. 5. The attack helicopter was piloted by Capt. ... More
Marines man USS Makin Island's rails as the amphibious
Marines man USS Makin Island's rails as the amphibious assault ship sails into San Francisco Bay Oct. 6. The Marines are part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's special-purpose Marine air-ground task force... More
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, aka 2/7, pay
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, aka 2/7, pay a visit to Lance Cpl. Aaron McNally, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, aka 2/6, at the Veterans Affairs Hospital here Oct. 7. Ten service members ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael P. Escasa, 21, listens
Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael P. Escasa, 21, listens to a Delsar life detector machine used in search-and-rescue missions here Oct. 8. Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Makin... More
Staff Sgt. Justin Heathman, an explosive-ordnance-disposal
Staff Sgt. Justin Heathman, an explosive-ordnance-disposal technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, demonstrates the capabilities of a "Talon" EOD robot by controlling the machine to remove his hat at the... More
Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Lytle, 11th Marine Expeditionary
Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Lytle, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit civil operations chief, speaks with David Stevenson of KTVU Fox 2 about training with the San Francisco Fire Department Oct. 8. Marines and sailors w... More
A bass relief at the Nob Hill Masonic Center here pays
A bass relief at the Nob Hill Masonic Center here pays tribute to the fraternity's "brethren who died in the cause of freedom." Across the street in Huntington Park, the 1st Marine Division Band, from Camp Pend... More
Cpl. Alexander W. Knight, 23, visits with Thomas Piggie
Cpl. Alexander W. Knight, 23, visits with Thomas Piggie III and his infant son, Thomas, in the nursery at the San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center Oct. 9. Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine E... More
USS Makin Island departs San Diego
Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment soldiers stand on the USS Makin Island as it departs Naval Base San Diego here Feb. 23. The soldiers are participating in Exercise Iron Fist, a... More
IMEF General visits 11th MEU/MKI during Exercise Iron FIst
Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force, arrives on the flight deck of USS Makin Island in a UH1-Y Huey from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 "Scarface," durin... More
Exercise Iron Fist - US Navy Photo
A Landing Craft Air Cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., boards USS Makin Island here Feb. 24. Assault Craft Unit 5 is participating in Exercise Iron Fist, a bilateral training exer... More
USS Makin Island helicopter landing
A UH1-Y Huey, with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 "Scarface," arrives on the flight deck of USS Makin Island during Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. 24. Marines with the MEU and soldiers with the Japan... More
A soldier, with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force,
A soldier, with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, watches as a landing craft with Assault Craft Unit 5 glides through the water towards USS Makin Island here Feb. 24. The landing craft was loaded with Jap... More
A UH1-Y Huey Lands Aboard USS Makin Island
A UH1-Y Huey, with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 "Scarface," arrives on the flight deck of USS Makin Island during Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. 24. Marines with the MEU and soldiers with the Japan... More
Rubber Raiding Craft Training Aboard the USS Makin Island
Col. Akira Kurosawa, commanding officer of the Western Army Infantry Regiment (left), and Col. Michael R. Hudson, commanding officer of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speak before Japanese soldiers conduct... More
Radio checks aboard Makin Island
Cpl. Scott Tricou (left), from Hammond, La., and Cpl. Kyle Kerran (right), from Canal Winchester, Ohio, perform radio checks on a Harris 117 radio in preparation of exercises aboard USS Makin Island here Feb. 2... More
Japanese soldiers conduct combat rubber raiding craft
Japanese soldiers conduct combat rubber raiding craft training from the well deck of USS Makin Island during Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. 25. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and soldiers with th... More
Lance Cpl. Marc Desir, a disbursing technician from
Lance Cpl. Marc Desir, a disbursing technician from Jamaica Queens, N.Y., accepts cash in the disbursing office to transfer onto temporary cash cards aboard USS Makin Island during Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. ... More
Radio Check Aboard MKI - A man in camouflage sitting on the ground tal...
Cpl. Kyle Kerran, with 1st Tank Battalion from Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., from Canal Winchester, Ohio, performs radio checks on a Harris 117 radio in preparation of exercis... More
CRRC ops from Makin Island during Exercise Iron Fist
Staff Sgt. Donald J. Hammond, administration chief with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from Memphis, Tenn., participates in a game of spades here Feb. 25. Hammond is playing in a tournament designed to inc... More
USS Makin Island Combat Cargo Chief Briefs Soldiers
A combat cargo Marine stationed aboard USS Makin Island briefs soldiers from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment, about boarding aircraft here, Feb. 26, 2011. The Marines and ... More
Hoops at sea, US Marine Corps Photo
Sgt. Michael W. Dusenberry, a London, Ky., native and the embarkation non-commissioned officer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reaches for a rebound during a basketball game with MEU Marines, USS Makin... More
Spades tournament, US Marine Corps Photo
Marines, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors, stationed aboard USS Makin Island, play a card game against each other here Feb. 25. Sailors and Marines are participating in a spades tournament to... More
Cpl. William O. McLaughlin, with the 11th Marine
Cpl. William O. McLaughlin, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from Brooklyn, N.Y., participates in a game of spades here Feb. 25. McLaughlin is playing in a tournament designed to increase moral and cama... More
Seagoing Marine prepares for hike
Lance Cpl. Vanessa B. Garcia, a radio operator with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, wears a loaded pack while exercising on a treadmill aboard USS Makin Island here Feb. 27. Garcia is preparing for a 14-mil... More
Red Dragons fly 11th MEU during Iron Fist
A CH-46E Sea Knight, with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 “Red Dragons,” flies toward USS Makin Island after a live fire exercise during Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. 27. Marines, with 1st Air Naval Gunfir... More
Lance Cpl. Vanessa B. Garcia, a radio operator with
Lance Cpl. Vanessa B. Garcia, a radio operator with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes calls during radio watch aboard USS Makin Island here, Feb. 27. Marines and sailors with the unit and aboard Makin I... More
USS Makin Island action
Sgt. Seiya Fukushima, scout swimmer with intelligence platoon, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment, carries an engine over three landing crafts parked in the well deck of USS Maki... More
Two MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadrons
Two MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadrons 166 and 161 -- Sea Elk and Greyhawks respectively -- land aboard USS Makin Island here March 1, becoming the first of their kind to grace the ship. The l... More
Ospreys on Makin Island a first
Two MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadrons 166 and 161 -- Sea Elk and Greyhawks respectively -- land aboard USS Makin Island here March 1, becoming the first of their kind to grace the ship. The l... More
Non-commissioned officers serving with Company I, Battalion
Non-commissioned officers serving with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, aboard USS Makin Island watch from the ship as it pulls away from Naval Base San Diego Aug. 10, beginning a 12-day exercise between ... More
11th MEU trains at sea - A fighter jet flying through the night sky
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, prepares to land on USS Makin Island Aug.10. The unit is conducting its first at-sea exercise since becoming a complete Marin... More
Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268(Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, fly a CH-46E Sea Knight onto USS Makin Island Aug. 12. The 11th MEU is conducting its fi... More
A UH-1Y Huey with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's
A UH-1Y Huey with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element takes off from USS Makin Island Aug. 12. The 11th MEU is conducting its first at sea exercise since becoming a complete Marine air ... More
Phibron MEU integration
A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), prepares to fly off USS Makin Island in a UH-1Y Huey Aug. 12. The 11th MEU is con... More
Company L Marines and sailors aboard this amphibious
Company L Marines and sailors aboard this amphibious transport dock attend a ship safety brief Aug 13. The rifle company is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, which serves as the ground combat element ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Carroll, hospital corpsman,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Carroll, hospital corpsman, from St. Clair Shores, Mich., studies in-rate material for the upcoming Navy-wide advancement exam aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s command element aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island launch a communications balloon Aug. 16. The balloon is designed to carry a radio-relay ... More
CH-46E Sea Knights with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
CH-46E Sea Knights with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) sit parked aboard USS Makin Island here Sept. 1. The squadron is the aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Th... More
USS Makin Island flight operations
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element lands aboard USS Makin Island here Sept. 1.
MEU sea-based training continues
Low-altitude air-defense gunners Lance Cpl. Leonard M. Acri (left), shouldering a surface-to-air missile launcher, and Sgt. Matthew R. Miles scan overhead while training aboard USS Makin Island, miles off south... More
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors with USS New Orleans exercise here Sept. 3. The MEU embarked USS Makin Island and the amphibious transport dock New Orleans in San Diego to begin its ... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1 run toward a trench on range 400 here Sept. 4. The Marines performed a live-fire, long-range helicopter raid between USS Maki... More
Sun sets on Labor Day at sea
Daylight dwindles off Southern California's coast Labor Day as the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit continued operations here.
Sgt. Lucas E. Wallek stands aboard the amphibious assault
Sgt. Lucas E. Wallek stands aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island off Southern California's coast Sept 7. The machine-gun squad leader is an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran currently serving with Comp... More
Combat cameraman Cpl. Tripp Ainsworth descends 35 feet
Combat cameraman Cpl. Tripp Ainsworth descends 35 feet down a thick plaited roped rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island at sea miles off Southern California’s coast Sept 8. T... More
Company I radio operator Lance Cpl. Jordan Phillips
Company I radio operator Lance Cpl. Jordan Phillips descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, at sea, miles off Southern Californ... More
Marines and sailors on a Navy hovercraft launched from
Marines and sailors on a Navy hovercraft launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island land on a beach here Sept. 8. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit service members were conducting a training mi... More
Company I team leader Cpl. Joseph O. Mason practices
Company I team leader Cpl. Joseph O. Mason practices changing magazines aboard USS Makin Island here Sept. 9. The rifle company, one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, practiced weapons handling techniques... More
Towers falling a call to arms
Staff Sgt. Hallie L. Crawford stands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island Sept 9. Crawford serves as the chemical-, biological-, radiological- and nuclear-defense chief for the 11th Marine Expedi... More
A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter
A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) hovers above USS Makin Island to lift fuel bladders staged on the amphibious assault ship's flight deck, Sept. 11. The squadron se... More
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) lands on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island here Sept. 29. The squadron serves as the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine E... More
Cpl. Nathan Labrum, left, and Cpl. Forrest Stember
Cpl. Nathan Labrum, left, and Cpl. Forrest Stember conduct communication checks aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island here Sept. 29. Labrum, 22, hails from Marysville, Wash. Stember, 23, hails from Po... More
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) is parked on USS Makin Island while USS Pearl Harbor sails in the background here Sept. 30. The squadron serves as the aviation comb... More
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise
A CH-53 Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) lands on the dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor here Sept. 30. The squadron serves as the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine... More
Light-armored vehicles with Battalion Landing Team
Light-armored vehicles with Battalion Landing Team 3/1 arrive to provide security during a humanitarian assistance exercise Oct. 1. Marines and sailors embarked the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, the... More
Sailors aboard landing ship Pearl Harbor unchain a
Sailors aboard landing ship Pearl Harbor unchain a CH-46 Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) here Sept. 30. The squadron serves as the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine ... More
Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268
Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) low-altitude air-defense detachment fire a stinger weapon system here Oct. 1. The squadron serves as the aviation combat element for the 11th Mari... More
A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit runs
A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit runs on the flight deck Oct. 1. Marines and sailors embarked the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans and the ... More
Combat cargo Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Combat cargo Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit carry a simulated casualty across USS Makin Island’s flight deck here Oct. 2 during a casualty evacuation exercise. The unit embarked the amphibious ... More
Reconnaissance Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Reconnaissance Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit carry a combat rubber raiding craft to the stern gate of USS Makin Island before beginning a nighttime exercise here Oct. 2. The unit embarked the ... More
Marines and sailors provide security during a humanitarian
Marines and sailors provide security during a humanitarian assistance exercise with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, here Oct. 2. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orlean... More
Marines with landing support detachment, Combat Logistics
Marines with landing support detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 11, load supplies into a KC-130 Hercules here, Oct. 2, in support of a humanitarian assistance exercise. The battalion is the logistics combat... More
Company I Marines conduct recovery mission
Company I Marines sit in a CH-53E Sea Stallion en route to recover a simulated downed pilot Oct. 3. The Marines serve with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1, which embarked USS Mak... More
Marine performs aircraft maintenance
A Marine serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), maintains an AV-8B Harrier here Oct. 3. The unit embarked USS Makin Island... More
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron
An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 sits on the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island here Oct. 3. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked the Makin Island, the amphibious transport... More
Cpl. Daniel McConnel practices speed reloading drills
Cpl. Daniel McConnel practices speed reloading drills aboard USS Makin Island, Oct. 4. McConnel, 24, is from Seattle and serves as a squad leader with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The battalion serves... More
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit ride
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit ride a rigid-hull inflatable boat while transferring from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island to the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans, Oct. 4. T... More
Cpl. Jacob Hunter bench presses 275 pounds during a
Cpl. Jacob Hunter bench presses 275 pounds during a competition aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island here Oct. 5. Gunnery Sgt. John Wellons won the competition by bench pressing 345 pounds. Hunter, 2... More
Sgt. Michael Richard conducts maintenance on a UH-1Y
Sgt. Michael Richard conducts maintenance on a UH-1Y Huey with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island here Oct. 5. Richard, 25, is from Virginia Beach... More
Terrain model brief - US Navy Photo
Company I Marines receive a brief using a terrain model in USS Makin Island's hangar here, Oct. 5. The Marines serve as the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1, which embarked the Makin ... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1 search a room during a long range helicopter training raid here Oct. 6. The unit embarked the amphibious assault ship Makin I... More
Lance Cpl. Andrew Paseka holds a fire hose during a
Lance Cpl. Andrew Paseka holds a fire hose during a fire fighting exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock New Orleans here Oct. 6. Paseka is a 26-year-old Santa Rosa, Calif., native and a rifleman with Co... More
Cpl. Scott Mackie waits to board a CH-53E Sea Stallion
Cpl. Scott Mackie waits to board a CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) in the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island’s hangar Oct. 6 before conducting a training raid. ... More
Unit holds celebration aboard USS Makin Island
Petty Officer 2nd Class Priscilla D. Sanchez listens to a choir during a Hispanic heritage month celebration aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island Oct. 6. Sanchez, 22, who hails from Holyoke, Mass., i... More
Staff Sgt. RJ Roberts with Combat Logistics Battalion
Staff Sgt. RJ Roberts with Combat Logistics Battalion 11 gives a brief to evacuees here Oct. 8 during an exercise. Roberts is a parachute rigger with the battalion, which serves as the logistics combat element ... More
Four CH-46E Sea Knights with Marine Medium Helicopter
Four CH-46E Sea Knights with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) carrying Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s maritime raid force prepare to debark the amphibious transport dock New... More
Refrigerator mechanic Cpl. Robert Carabis marks numbers
Refrigerator mechanic Cpl. Robert Carabis marks numbers on bingo cards aboard USS Makin Island here Oct. 9. Carabis, 25, hails from Troy, N.Y., and serves with Combat Logistics Battalion 11. The battalion is th... More
A CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
A CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) lands on USS Makin Island during a simulated casualty exercise here Oct. 9. The squadron is the aviation combat element for the 11th M... More
Staff Sgt. Terrance L. Underwood listens to numbers
Staff Sgt. Terrance L. Underwood listens to numbers being called aboard USS Makin Island during a bingo game here Oct. 9. Underwood, 31, is from Wichita, Kan., and serves as the air frames chief for Marine Medi... More
Lt. Commander Timothy Ringo (left), aeromedical safety
Lt. Commander Timothy Ringo (left), aeromedical safety officer, and Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit receive instruction for proper underwater breathing during egress training Nov. 7. Approximate... More
The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans
The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Nov. 14 beginning a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East regions.
The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans
The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Nov. 14 beginning a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East regions.
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) lands here Nov. 14. The squadron is the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Island, ... More
A CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
A CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) lands on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock New Orleans here Nov. 16. The squadron is the aviation combat element for th... More
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit watch
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit watch as USNS Charles Drew sails beside USS Makin Island to refuel the ship here, Nov. 16. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbo... More
Sailors with USS Makin Island park a CH-46E Sea Knight
Sailors with USS Makin Island park a CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) Nov. 16. The squadron is the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which ... More
Cpl. Ceasar Vargas conducts maintenance on an AH-1Z
Cpl. Ceasar Vargas conducts maintenance on an AH-1Z Super Cobra aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 16. Vargas, a 25-year-old San Antonio native, is an aviation ordnance man with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron... More
A CH-46E Sea Knight, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
A CH-46E Sea Knight, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), takes off from USS Makin Island here, Nov. 16. The unit embarked USS M... More
Marines and sailors with Company K warm up before practicing
Marines and sailors with Company K warm up before practicing martial arts aboard USS Pearl Harbor Nov. 17. Company K is one of the three rifle companies with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat elemen... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), clean a CH-46E Sea Knight aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 17. The unit em... More
A CH-53E Super Stallion, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
A CH-53E Super Stallion, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), lands aboard USS Makin Island Nov. 17. The unit embarked USS Makin... More
Engineers with Combat Logistics Battalion 11 move generators
Engineers with Combat Logistics Battalion 11 move generators aboard USS Pearl Harbor Nov. 18. The battalion is the logistics combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Islan... More
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) takes off from USS Makin Island Nov. 18. The squadron is the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embark... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit gather in USS Makin Island's hangar to hear the unit's commanding officer speak Nov. 19. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl... More