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Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, stand in formation during the battalion’s 73rd birthday celebration at Marston Pavilion aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Mar. 26... More

Lt. Col. Michael A. Moore and Sgt. Maj. Douglas E.

Lt. Col. Michael A. Moore and Sgt. Maj. Douglas E.

Lt. Col. Michael A. Moore and Sgt. Maj. Douglas E. Berry, the commanding officer and the sergeant major of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, bow their heads in honor of pilots Lt. Col. Mario D. Caraz... More

Senator Lindsey Graham, a senior senator from South

Senator Lindsey Graham, a senior senator from South

Senator Lindsey Graham, a senior senator from South Carolina, makes his way onto an MV-22 Osprey at the end of a visit to Nawa, Afghanistan, Nov. 11. Graham, along with Senators John McCain, a senior senator fr... More

Cpl. Noah Berry, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion,

Cpl. Noah Berry, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion,

Cpl. Noah Berry, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, is greeted by fellow 3/3 Marines and sailors following his return to Marine Corps Base Hawaii from a seven-month deployment to Afghanista... More

Boots on the ground before morning light: 3/3 Marines prepare for Mojave Viper exercise in California

Boots on the ground before morning light: 3/3 Marines prepare for Moja...

Mortarmen with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, trek down the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility road during a 12-mile battalion conditioning hike on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 11, 2011... More

Lance Cpl. Carl Sanchez, a rifleman with Lima Company,

Lance Cpl. Carl Sanchez, a rifleman with Lima Company,

Lance Cpl. Carl Sanchez, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, uses a mine detector to sweep the area around a simulated casualty during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 1 on Marine Corps... More

Mortarmen with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd

Mortarmen with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd

Mortarmen with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, brace themselves after launching an 81 mm mortar during a fire support coordination exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentyni... More

Second Lt. Adam Staff, a platoon commander with Kilo

Second Lt. Adam Staff, a platoon commander with Kilo

Second Lt. Adam Staff, a platoon commander with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, communicates with his Marines during a platoon attack at Range 410A on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twe... More

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Coltharp, a machine gunner with India

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Coltharp, a machine gunner with India

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Coltharp, a machine gunner with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, holds links of ammunition for Lance Cpl. Andrew Ellis to fire during a company attack at Range 400 on Marine ... More

Pfc. Daniel Candelaria, a rifleman with India Company,

Pfc. Daniel Candelaria, a rifleman with India Company,

Pfc. Daniel Candelaria, a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, holds security during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 2 at Range 210 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Pa... More

Brig. Gen. Frederick Padilla, the commanding general

Brig. Gen. Frederick Padilla, the commanding general

Brig. Gen. Frederick Padilla, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Division, greets Lance Cpl. Jack Becker, a team leader with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, while Becker digs in his defensiv... More

Lance Cpl. Nick Montez, an improvised explosive device

Lance Cpl. Nick Montez, an improvised explosive device

Lance Cpl. Nick Montez, an improvised explosive device dog handler with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, calms his working dog, Mally, as Lance Cpl. Jared Hunter, a mortarman with Weapons Co... More

Marines and sailors with Headquarters and Service Company,

Marines and sailors with Headquarters and Service Company,

Marines and sailors with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sit aboard an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft on the flight line here, before departing for Camp Dwyer, Afghanist... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Jones, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Jones, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Dwight D. Jones, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment sergeant major from Detroit, and a formation of Marines and sailors from 1/3 and 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, watch the Commandan... More

A member of the Afghan National Police searches a local

A member of the Afghan National Police searches a local

A member of the Afghan National Police searches a local elder as he enters the district center here for the funeral of District Chief of Police Lt. Col. Sayfullah Khan Rashidi, Nov. 13. Sayfullah died when his ... More

U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Wesley Misenhimer, the Headquarters

U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Wesley Misenhimer, the Headquarters

U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Wesley Misenhimer, the Headquarters and Service Company first sergeant for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment from Castro Valley, Calif., calls off the names of Marines killed during combat... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joshua Melendez, 26, a squad leader

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joshua Melendez, 26, a squad leader

U.S. Marine Cpl. Joshua Melendez, 26, a squad leader with Guard Force Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a native of Anaheim, Calif., walks past the Garmsir distr... More

Lt. Col. Sean Riordan, the commanding officer of 1st

Lt. Col. Sean Riordan, the commanding officer of 1st

Lt. Col. Sean Riordan, the commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, encourages Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, to devote themselves to bettering Garmsir during a relief in plac... More

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Mesnard, a 22-year-old corpsman

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Mesnard, a 22-year-old corpsman

U.S. Navy Seaman Chris Mesnard, a 22-year-old corpsman with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, from Omaha, Neb., peers through the scratched lenses of an oxygen-restricting tr... More

Afghan elders and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion,

Afghan elders and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion,

Afghan elders and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, wait for a shura to begin at a local residence here, Nov. 22. Following their recent assumption of security responsibility in Garmsir, the... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Isaiah Schult, a dog handler

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Isaiah Schult, a dog handler

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Isaiah Schult, a dog handler with Jump Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old Indianapolis native, jokes with Afghan children while... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Adam Schoeller, a helicopter crew

U.S. Marine Cpl. Adam Schoeller, a helicopter crew

U.S. Marine Cpl. Adam Schoeller, a helicopter crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, mans a machine gun from the ramp of a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter while transporting Marines from 3rd Batt... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Hagan, a 23-year-old team

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Hagan, a 23-year-old team

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Hagan, a 23-year-old team leader with Guard Force Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Philadelphia, relays a message to his squad leader during a security patr... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Reed, a 22-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Reed, a 22-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Reed, a 22-year-old squad automatic weapon gunner with the 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Plano, Texas, and Afghan Nation... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus Oliver, a 20-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus Oliver, a 20-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus Oliver, a 20-year-old mortarman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Sacramento, waves a red flag signaling for a passing motorcycle to stop at a ... More

Sayed Gul stands with his father Alai Noor after talking

Sayed Gul stands with his father Alai Noor after talking

Sayed Gul stands with his father Alai Noor after talking to U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during their visit to the Baluch Jan village here, Dec. 2. Gul, the 15-year-old... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Lyman, a 21-year-old mortarman

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Lyman, a 21-year-old mortarman

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Lyman, a 21-year-old mortarman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and native of Oregon City, Ore., hands a piece of candy to an Afghan child during a security pa... More

Afghan students participate in a video teleconference

Afghan students participate in a video teleconference

Afghan students participate in a video teleconference with students from Lejeune High School on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., at the Garmsir Agricultural High School here, Dec. 8. The VTC, the second of... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Matt Garst, a 23-year-old squad leader

U.S. Marine Sgt. Matt Garst, a 23-year-old squad leader

U.S. Marine Sgt. Matt Garst, a 23-year-old squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and native of Charlotte, N.C., pauses during a security patrol here, Dec. 12, along the... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Aaron Sarinana (left), from El Paso,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Aaron Sarinana (left), from El Paso,

U.S. Marine Sgt. Aaron Sarinana (left), from El Paso, Texas, and Cpl. Exxon Suarez, from Portland, Ore., food service specialists with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment serve ... More

Afghan National Army soldier Moben walks through a

Afghan National Army soldier Moben walks through a

Afghan National Army soldier Moben walks through a field during a partnered security patrol with Marines from 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment here, Dec. 18. On the patrol, the ANA ... More

Killing Time logo, Afghanistan - coin, public domain photograph

Killing Time logo, Afghanistan - coin, public domain photograph

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Killing Time: Channeling boredom into board games

Killing Time: Channeling boredom into board games

U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment play Scrabble in the chow hall to pass time during a sand storm here, Dec. 21. The down time was an exception to the short time th... More

Killing Time: Channeling boredom into board games

Killing Time: Channeling boredom into board games

U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment play Scrabble in the chow hall to pass time during a sand storm here, Dec. 21. The down time was an exception to the short time th... More

Killing Time: Channeling boredom into board games

Killing Time: Channeling boredom into board games

U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment play Scrabble in the chow hall to pass time during a sand storm here, Dec. 21. The down time was an exception to the short time th... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Angel Cabrera, a 24-year-old administrative

U.S. Marine Cpl. Angel Cabrera, a 24-year-old administrative

U.S. Marine Cpl. Angel Cabrera, a 24-year-old administrative specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and native of Amsterdam, N.Y., prepares promotion warrants for p... More

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the assistant commandant

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the assistant commandant

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, greets 1st Sgt. Wesley Misenhimer, Headquarters and Service Company first sergeant, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, after arriv... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Martin Argueta, a 19-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Martin Argueta, a 19-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Martin Argueta, a 19-year-old rifleman with 2nd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and Yuma, Ariz., native provides security while helping Afghan National Army sol... More

Afghan National Army Sgt. Shah Baaz uses a metal detector

Afghan National Army Sgt. Shah Baaz uses a metal detector

Afghan National Army Sgt. Shah Baaz uses a metal detector to sweep the ground under the watch of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary Fisher, a 22-year-old fire team leader with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battal... More

Afghan National Army soldier Taza Khan enters a local

Afghan National Army soldier Taza Khan enters a local

Afghan National Army soldier Taza Khan enters a local elder's home while clearing compounds with U.S. Marines from 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during Operation Tageer Shamal (... More

An interpreter and a local elder watch as Afghan National

An interpreter and a local elder watch as Afghan National

An interpreter and a local elder watch as Afghan National Army soldier Abdul Karim and U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Alex Puente, the 25-year-old commander of 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment... More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Ryan Gulliksen, a 26-year-old logistics

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Ryan Gulliksen, a 26-year-old logistics

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Ryan Gulliksen, a 26-year-old logistics officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Ormond Beach, Fla., spends each of his days on deploy... More

Afghan National Police patrolman Mir Wali scans the

Afghan National Police patrolman Mir Wali scans the

Afghan National Police patrolman Mir Wali scans the surrounding area while standing guard duty at a position shared with U.S. Marines from 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, here, Ja... More

Afghan National Army soldiers with 4th Kandak, 1st

Afghan National Army soldiers with 4th Kandak, 1st

Afghan National Army soldiers with 4th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, fire a Howitzer D-30 during an artillery demonstration for government officials and local elders from districts across southern Helmand h... More

An Afghan man prepares a mixture of mud and concrete

An Afghan man prepares a mixture of mud and concrete

An Afghan man prepares a mixture of mud and concrete while constructing the ceiling to a school building here, Jan. 19. Twelve permanent schools are currently under construction by local contractors in Garmsir ... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team, and a native of Hackettstown, N.J., performs squats with Afghan National Army soldiers ... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Misener, a 21-year-old rifleman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team, and a native of Hackettstown, N.J., performs squats with Afghan National Army soldiers ... More

Afghan National Army Sgt. Khal Mohammad (fourth from

Afghan National Army Sgt. Khal Mohammad (fourth from

Afghan National Army Sgt. Khal Mohammad (fourth from left), a 22-year-old infantryman with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, and a native of Badakhshan province, speaks with his soldiers and an interpreter ... More

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Khan Jan, a patrolman with

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Khan Jan, a patrolman with

Afghan Border Police Sgt. Khan Jan, a patrolman with 2nd Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand ABP, holds security with U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Medina, a 21-year-old machine gunner with Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, ... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Edward Knudsen, a 25-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Edward Knudsen, a 25-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Edward Knudsen, a 25-year-old mortarman with Headquarters Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a native of Rapid City, S.D., studies a mathematics textbook in... More

Afghan National Army Sgt. Achmed, a non commissioned

Afghan National Army Sgt. Achmed, a non commissioned

Afghan National Army Sgt. Achmed, a non commissioned officer with 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, helps U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Joshua Holden, a section leader with 81mm mortar platoon, Weapons ... More

Country music star Rodney Atkins (right) and guitarist

Country music star Rodney Atkins (right) and guitarist

Country music star Rodney Atkins (right) and guitarist Liam Bailey perform a song for U.S. Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during a United Service Organization-sponsored concert in ... More

Afghan Border Police with 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand

Afghan Border Police with 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand

Afghan Border Police with 4th Tolai, 2nd Kandak, Helmand ABP, and U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, board a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter near Combat Outpost Torbert here b... More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. David Rooks, an operations advisor

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. David Rooks, an operations advisor

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. David Rooks, an operations advisor with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Embedded Training Team, and 32-year-old native of Garland, Texas, uses binoculars to determine target placement... More

Garmsir District Governor Mohammad Fahim speaks to

Garmsir District Governor Mohammad Fahim speaks to

Garmsir District Governor Mohammad Fahim speaks to a crowd of approximately 200 elders, Afghan military leaders and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during a shura here, Feb. 23. Fahim aske... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Leonardo Espitiarobles (right),

U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Leonardo Espitiarobles (right),

U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Leonardo Espitiarobles (right), 19, from Anaheim, Calif., and Michael Mundy, 19, from Shelter Island, N.Y., riflemen with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, d... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Devin Deweerdt, a 20-year-old mortarman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Devin Deweerdt, a 20-year-old mortarman

U.S. Marine Cpl. Devin Deweerdt, a 20-year-old mortarman with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Riverton, Utah, writes his wife a letter in his sleeping area after a d... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Deweerdt, a 20-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Deweerdt, a 20-year-old

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Deweerdt, a 20-year-old mortarman with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Riverton, Utah, shaves in the hygiene area before beginning his d... More

U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Robert Hindle (left), the officer

U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Robert Hindle (left), the officer

U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Robert Hindle (left), the officer in charge of Garmsir district’s operational coordination center, and a 23-year-old native of Baltimore assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine R... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a 25-year-old corpsman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment battalion aid station, and native of Englewood, Fla., checks the compass reading of Afghan Na... More

Malim Wazir, the head teacher of Safar School, speaks

Malim Wazir, the head teacher of Safar School, speaks

Malim Wazir, the head teacher of Safar School, speaks about the crucial role of education in Garmsir district’s future to Safar elders during a shura outside the school here, March 18. Approximately 40 elders a... More

Afghan National Police patrolman Charyogli Allahberdi

Afghan National Police patrolman Charyogli Allahberdi

Afghan National Police patrolman Charyogli Allahberdi searches a local man at a vehicle checkpoint outside the Hazar Joft Bazaar with U.S. Marines from Guard Force Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, d... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. George Eifert, a wrecker operator

U.S. Marine Cpl. George Eifert, a wrecker operator

U.S. Marine Cpl. George Eifert, a wrecker operator with Trucks Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 22-year-old native of Cambridge, Minn., flushes gear oil out of the hub of a wrecker truck while c... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Robert Garcia (right), a radio operator

U.S. Marine Cpl. Robert Garcia (right), a radio operator

U.S. Marine Cpl. Robert Garcia (right), a radio operator with Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 21-year-old native of Lake Forest, Calif., and Army Sgt. Pedro Reyesmontie... More

Local children interact with Afghan National Army Pvt.

Local children interact with Afghan National Army Pvt.

Local children interact with Afghan National Army Pvt. Barad (left), a soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, while he provides security outside a compound as fellow soldiers and U.S. Marines with 3... More

Afghan children walk alongside U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.

Afghan children walk alongside U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.

Afghan children walk alongside U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jacob Kartchner, a team leader with 4th Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 28-year-old native of Long Beach, Calif., in the hope... More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. David Berger (left), the commanding

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. David Berger (left), the commanding

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. David Berger (left), the commanding general of Task Force Leatherneck, 1st Marine Division (Forward), speaks with Capt. Brian Blaine, the Kilo Company commander for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Mari... More

An Afghan National Army soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st

An Afghan National Army soldier with 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, celebrates after earning a point during a game of volleyball with fellow soldiers following a day of duties here, April 13, 2012. Afgha... More

Afghan policemen prepare to search a room for possible

Afghan policemen prepare to search a room for possible

Afghan policemen prepare to search a room for possible insurgent materiel while clearing a compound with U.S. Marines from 1st Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during Operation Zema P... More

Afghan men travel to the Garmsir Agricultural High

Afghan men travel to the Garmsir Agricultural High

Afghan men travel to the Garmsir Agricultural High School to vote in district community council elections under the safe watch of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Chrivia, a mortarman with 4th Platoon, Kilo Company,... More

An emotional Afghan National Policeman recovers outside

An emotional Afghan National Policeman recovers outside

An emotional Afghan National Policeman recovers outside the battalion aid station here after he was injured in an attack by a suicide bomber in Helmand province’s Garmsir district, April 19, 2012. The 3/3 corps... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Eric M. Torbert, Jr., a 25-year-old

U.S. Marine Cpl. Eric M. Torbert, Jr., a 25-year-old

U.S. Marine Cpl. Eric M. Torbert, Jr., a 25-year-old combat engineer from Lancaster, Pa., was killed by an improvised explosive device while supporting 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on a night patr... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Javier Garza, a machine gunner

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Javier Garza, a machine gunner

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Javier Garza, a machine gunner with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 22-year-old native of Donna, Texas, interacts with Afghan children while halted dur... More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Luke Forelle, the 3rd Platoon commander

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Luke Forelle, the 3rd Platoon commander

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Luke Forelle, the 3rd Platoon commander for India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a 28-year-old native of New York City, walks through a farming village during a security pa... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Vincent Goitortua, a Squad Automatic

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Vincent Goitortua, a Squad Automatic

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Vincent Goitortua, a Squad Automatic Weapon gunner with 1st Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 19-year-old native of San Diego, scans for potential threats wh... More

Afghan National Policeman Abdul Khaled (left) provides

Afghan National Policeman Abdul Khaled (left) provides

Afghan National Policeman Abdul Khaled (left) provides security outside the Garmsir Agricultural High School while fellow policeman Sher Agha (right) searches local elders waiting to vote in district community ... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Valdez (left),

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Valdez (left),

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Valdez (left), a corpsman with 1st Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 30-year-old native of Waipahu, Hawaii, extends a helping hand to Marin... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Garrett Carnes, a squad leader with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Garrett Carnes, a squad leader with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Garrett Carnes, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 22-year-old native of Mooresville, N.C., speaks with Ramsay Wharton, a reporter with Hawa... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Garrett Carnes (in wheelchair), a

U.S. Marine Cpl. Garrett Carnes (in wheelchair), a

U.S. Marine Cpl. Garrett Carnes (in wheelchair), a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 22-year-old native of Mooresville, N.C., begins a motivational run with f... More

Spice it up! 3/3 Marine cooks up a win

Spice it up! 3/3 Marine cooks up a win

Lance Cpl. Nhia Xiong, of St. Paul, Minn., plates one of his dishes for the judges at the Chef of the Quarter contest at Anderson Hall Dining Facility aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii held June 7. Xiong won the ... More

Julia Barker balances as she walks across a log in

Julia Barker balances as she walks across a log in

Julia Barker balances as she walks across a log in the obstacle course at the Boondocker Training Area, Dec. 19, 2012. Spouses and girlfriends of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment service members visited the t... More

Capt. James Geiger, company commander with Golf Company,

Capt. James Geiger, company commander with Golf Company,

Capt. James Geiger, company commander with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, shakes hands with Manaf, the Nawa District Governor at Forwarding Operating Base Geronimo, ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Marlon Best, a religious program

Petty Officer 2nd Class Marlon Best, a religious program

Petty Officer 2nd Class Marlon Best, a religious program specialist with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, prepares the sacraments for communion prior to the morning religious servic... More

Mechanics with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

Mechanics with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment,

Mechanics with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, maneuver a vehicle with a wrecker crane here, June 15, 2013. The Marines must have comprehensive knowledge of each vehicle they maint... More

A “God Bless America” sign decorates the mess hall

A “God Bless America” sign decorates the mess hall

A “God Bless America” sign decorates the mess hall here, July 4, 2013. “To me, the Fourth of July simply means freedom,” said Cpl. Dimitri Armstead, 20, from Kailua, Hawaii, a motor transportation mechanic with... More

First Sgt. Jason Davey, the Echo Company first sergeant

First Sgt. Jason Davey, the Echo Company first sergeant

First Sgt. Jason Davey, the Echo Company first sergeant with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, reads the award citations for Lance Cpls. Jesse Pearsall and Timothy Pierce, both rifle... More

Staff Sgt. Deacon Holton, a native of Chelsea, Mich.,

Staff Sgt. Deacon Holton, a native of Chelsea, Mich.,

Staff Sgt. Deacon Holton, a native of Chelsea, Mich., and a section leader with 81 mm mortar section, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, reminds the Marines of the importance of uphol... More

Cpl. Adam Keene, a 22-year-old native of Ocala, Fla.,

Cpl. Adam Keene, a 22-year-old native of Ocala, Fla.,

Cpl. Adam Keene, a 22-year-old native of Ocala, Fla., and a field radio operator with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, demonstrates how to properly operate a RF-7800 remote control ... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, gather at the Harvest Falcon Gym July 23 to watch the strong man competition. “Our goal was to boost the morale of the Marines, while t... More

Communications Marines with Headquarters and Service

Communications Marines with Headquarters and Service

Communications Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, talk with Sgt. Maj. Paul A. Berry, the Regional Command (Southwest) sergeant major, about their current deployme... More

'America's Battalion,' 'Kings of Battle' return from unit deployment program

'America's Battalion,' 'Kings of Battle' return from unit deployment p...

Meredith Kimener shares a moment with her husband and baby at building 1087, Dec. 16, 2013. More than 900 Marines and sailors with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment returned from a recent Unit Deployment Progr... More

Each of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii's

Each of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii's

Each of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii's wooden boxes holds 4,000 rubber duckies. While the majority of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Marines train at the Mountain Warfare Training Center,... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division call in air support from AH-64 Apache helicopters with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division, during a ... More

Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, move under the cover of darkness during a training assault exercise on a village at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 28, 2014. Marines ... More

The Sun Never Sets on Workhorse

The Sun Never Sets on Workhorse

World map detailing the locations of Workhorse Marines and Sailors as of May 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps illustration by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Compton, Calif., native, Lance Cpl. Brian Beverly

Compton, Calif., native, Lance Cpl. Brian Beverly

Compton, Calif., native, Lance Cpl. Brian Beverly (foreground), a grenadier with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, and West Palm Beach, Fla., native, Pfc. Austin Mena backgr... More

Lance Cpl. Jacob Jones (center), a fire team leader

Lance Cpl. Jacob Jones (center), a fire team leader

Lance Cpl. Jacob Jones (center), a fire team leader with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division calls out enemy targets during a Military Operation in Urban Terrain, or MOUT town,... More

A Marine with 3rd platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion,

A Marine with 3rd platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion,

A Marine with 3rd platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, patrols through a clearing during a training exercise at a Military Operations on Urban Terrain facility aboard Marine Corps Training... More

A Republic of Korea marine with 1st Company, 1st Battalion,

A Republic of Korea marine with 1st Company, 1st Battalion,

A Republic of Korea marine with 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, moves into the brush alongside radio hill road at the Kahuku Training Area, July 11. The ROK Marines are attached to Company Landing Tea... More

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed

Black Sea Rotational Force Marines and sailors competed against Latvians on the Challenge Course at Adazi Military Base, March 23, 2015. The Latvian soldiers had the clear home-team advantage but the Marines pu... More

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