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…
Marines Air Assault Training Exercise for Dawn Blitz 2013
06/26/2013
06/26/2013: A U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing stands by as a U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing takes off from an airfield during Dawn Blitz 2013 on Camp Pendleton,…