Nimitz Flight Operations
11/02/2013
11/02/2013: Sailors and Marines conduct flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Credit:USS Nimitz:9/6/13
USS Nimitz Replenishment at Sea Alongside USNS Rainier
10/28/2013
10/28/2013: Sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) perform a replenishment at sea alongside USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7). Produced by MC3 Joshua Haiar. Credit: Defense Media Activity: 9/9/13
Gators Conduct Field Training Exercise
10/15/2013
10/15/2013: Marines serving with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion conduct a field training exercise in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Okinawa, Japan. Credit:1st Marine Division:9/6/13
F-35B Hot Pit Refueling
09/09/2013
09/08/2013: This past May, the Marines practiced hot pit refueling at Eglin. This is a technique to generate more combat capability through a ramp up of sortie generation rates. One might note the seamless engagement of a UK pilot in the exercise. Hot pit refueling is a procedure usually performed…
Amphibious Landing Training, Talisman Saber 2013
07/23/2013
07/23/2013: Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) load equipment onto a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) prior to conducting an amphibious landing training exercise in support of exercise Talisman Saber 2013 aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). [slidepress gallery='amphibious-landing-training'] Credit: Exercise Talisman…
Marines Demonstrate Bridging Capabilities
07/17/2013
07/27/2013: Marines serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 7th Engineer Support Battalion demonstrated the bridging capabilities of the Improved Ribbon Bridge and Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge to various 1st Marine Division leaders aboard Camp Pendleton, May 16, 2013. Credit:1st Marine Division:5/20/13
Light Armored Reconnaissance Marines Join Navy for Amphibious Landing
07/04/2013
07/04/2013: Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, team up with Assault Craft Unit 5, a Navy unit based out of Camp Pendleton, CA, to make an amphibious landing. The Marines learned how to tie down their light armored vehicles onto ACU-5's landing craft air cushion, a…
3rd MAW Conducts Air Lift of Battalion
06/26/2013
06/26/2013: MV-22B Ospreys with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing wait to take off to take a battalion of Marines to 29 Palms during Dawn Blitz 2013, June 21. Exercises like Dawn Blitz 2013 provide realistic relevant training necessary for effective global crisis response expected of the Navy and Marine Corps. [slidepress…