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Midshipmen participating in Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen’s (CORTRAMID) “Marine Week” patrol during a simulation at the Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Califo More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Clark Cole, a scout with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, teaches midshipmen how to handle an M-9 during the Career Orientation and More

A U.S. Marine with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, sits during the Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen’s (CORTRAMID) “Marine Week” at Ma More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, the Regimental Combat Team 5 sergeant major, prepares to take a bite of the birthday cake during a ceremony held in celebration of the 5th Marine Regiment’s 95th birthday her More

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), hammer down matting while constructing a forward arming and refueling point under the cover of darkness in support of Operation More

Marines of 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance battalion recently conducted Operation Steel Dawn II in Barham Chah. Steel Dawn II was a clearing operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Sgt. John Pothos a joint forward observer with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, hugs his wife and daughter during the homecoming of Alpha and Headquarters and Service Companies, 1st LA More

Marines from 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion remember three of their Marines killed in action during combat operations in southern Afghanistan during a ceremony on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 16. Cp More

Lance Cpl. Zachary Fuller and Lance Cpl. Joel Fender, light armored vehicle crewmen with Company A, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, attach racing chips to their sneakers before the Autism Care and T More

Lance Cpl. Kenny Knapp, a team leader in 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and his wife, Nicole Knapp, from Salt Lake City, fire a M4 training rifle in the indoor simulated marksmanship trainer, July More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brandon Mann, a dog handler with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and native of Arlington, Texas, and Ty, an improvised explosive device detection dog, posts sec More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Jared Carlson, a squad leader with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 26-year-old native of Kaneohe, Hawaii, copies down a grid coordinate for a compound during Opera More

U.S. Marine Col. Roger Turner (left), the Regimental Combat Team 5 commanding officer, is flanked by his staff as he speaks during the opening of a commanders conference here, March 1. Commanders, staff officer More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Camacho, a food service specialist with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and 19-year-old native of Fredericksburg, Va., cooks steak on More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nathanial Fink, a light-armored vehicle driver with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 19-year-old native of Neenah, Wis., digs a hole for a burn pit here, Marc More

Local farmers observe Lance Cpl. Brandon Mann, a dog handler with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and native of Arlington, Texas, and Ty, an improvised explosive device detection dog, More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Matthew Martines, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365, provides security inside an MV-22B Osprey aircraft in the Southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, March 1 More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Eriek Gutierrez, a squad leader serving with 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, led an evening resupply patrol to another squad of Marines near a small vill More

U.S. Marines with Weapons Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, man an overnight post here, March 23, 2012. The patrol was one of many missions the platoon has conducted since depl More

A policeman with the Afghan Border Police carries a PVC pipe during a patrol through Sre Kala, here March 23, 2012. After Marines and sailors with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 3rd Bn., 3rd Mar More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Fabian Aguilar, an assistant gunner with Weapons Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 21-year-old native of Aurora, Colo., and Lance Cpl. Michael Fitch I More

Members of the Afghan Uniformed Police patrol to Wali Jan, a small village in Khan Neshin district, March 24, 2012. The AUP patrol leader, Bismullah Khaliq, said his men always show respect and courtesy to loca More

U.S. Marines and sailors serving with Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, sort through mail and care packages during a late-night delivery here March 25, 2012. Mail isn’t delivered daily More

Bismullah Khaliq, an Afghan Uniformed Police team leader, directs his patrolmen to search a compound in a village near Qual-e Now, March 27, 2012. The AUP led a mission to the remote village here to speak to fa More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Bryan M. Doss, the Police Advisor Team intelligence officer, and Staff Sgt. Alejandro Santiago, an assistant team leader with the advisor team, both with Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Rec More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. David H. Berger (left), the Task Force Leatherneck, 1st Marine Division (Forward) commanding general, speaks with Lt. Col. Matthew Palma, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marin More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), fellow coalition forces leadership, and Afghan Border Policemen, receive a brief from Lt. Col. George Schreffl More

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Ramon T. Kaipat, an infantryman who served with Charlie Co., 1st LAR, and 22-year-old native of Ta More

U.S. Navy Seaman Matthew Charles Dykes, a corpsman with Blue Platoon, Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and 23-year-old native of Paramus, N.J., passes by a local man during a dismounted More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kleber Villalva, a section leader with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, cooks rice with his makeshift kitchen during an overnight mobile post here, April 26, 2012. Vill More

Ace, an improvised explosive device detection dog, sniffs out a possible IED while Cpl. Sean Grady, a dog handler and pointman with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, sweeps a chokepoint More

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Aguilera, a platoon sergeant with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Battalion, and 31-year-old native of Los Angeles, performs pull-ups on a makeshift bar during an overnight post More

A Marine makes a final salute to his fallen comrade during a memorial ceremony here, July 19, 2012. The ceremony was held in honor of Cpl. Roberto Cazarez and Lance Cpl. Ramon Kaipat, Marines who were killed in More

Lieutenant Col. George C. Schreffler and Col. Mark M. Tull, the 1st Marine Division chief of staff, salute while the national anthem plays during a change of command ceremony here for 1st Light Armored Reconnai More

Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Camp Pendleton, Calif., call mortar strikes during night training at a training site outside of Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 13. Marines conducted combined arms atta More

Lance Cpl. Matthew Aldrich, a light armored vehicle crewman serving with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, is awarded a Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal by Lt. Col. Gilbert Juarez, and Sgt. Maj. Do More

Sergeant Major Donald Burris, the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion sergeant major, looks over the battalion’s parade field before awarding two service members the Bronze Star with combat distinguishin More

Major Gen. Ronald Bailey, commanding general of 1st Marine Division, pins the Navy and Marine Corps Medal on Lance Cpl. Benjamin Nalls, a fire team leader with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, here, More

A light armored vehicle carrying Marines serving with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion unloaded out of a C-17 Globemaster cargo plane during a strategic mobility exercise here, April 24, 2013. The exe More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Cecil Fox, the embarkation planner for 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, addresses safety procedures with the Marines serving with Alpha Company, 1st LAR, prior to a training e More

Marines and sailors serving with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion take their children on a tour of light armored vehicles during the battalion’s Bring Your Kids to Work Day at Camp Las Flores here, Au More

Lance Cpl. Luis Maganapetrana, crewman, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and a native of Merced, Calif., throws a practice M67 fragmentation grenade during a live-fire exercise on Rang More

Sergeant Christopher Clifton, light armored vehicle crewman, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, prepares to execute a night maneuver during a weeklong field exercise here, Nov. 18 throug More

ARMY NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER FORT IRWIN, Calif. - Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, practice speed reload drills during a weeklong field exercise here, More

Lance Cpl. Nick Grasso, a native of Racine, Wis., left, and Lance Cpl. Vincent Crisomia, a native of Queen Creek, Ariz., mortarmen, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, fire their M252 81 More

Sergeant Wesley Adams, vehicle commander, Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and a native of Atlanta, supports Exercise Steel Knight 2014 in his light armored vehicle at Marine Corps Air More

A Marine with Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion executes a failure drill using the M4 service rifle during an intermediate combat marksmanship training course aboard Camp Pendleton, Ca More

Marines from the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion begin tactical site exploitation and documentation of weapons during a training event abaord Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb 26. Special Operations Traini More

Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (1st LAR), 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct live fire with M242 Bushmaster cannons and M240G machine guns on static targets More

Sergeant Rolando Morales, left, chief scout with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and Lance Cpl. Vladimir Charles, right, a scout with Alpha Co., 1st LAR, pose in More

Marines and sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Association of Southeast Asian Nations participate in a Swim Call - allowing them to swim in a small area behind the ship, secured by lifebo More

Sergeant Gregory J. Lacasse, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, helps his wife Kaylie tighten her Kevlar helmet during a Jane Wayne Day aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., More

A sailor, right, with Beachmaster Unit One , Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 5, directs a light armored vehicle (LAV) with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), More

Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, enjoy live music during the annual Highlander Games Warrior Night aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June More

Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, march on the colors during a change of command ceremony aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 19, 2014. More

Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conducted a field training operation at National Training Center Fort Irwin, July 24 – August 10. Tra More

Sergeant Caleb Pente, explosive ordnance disposal technician with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South, and a native of Detroit, engages his target with an M4A1 service rifle aboard the future amp More

Sgt. Christopher D. Haysloft, a crewman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, cleans rust off of a turret gun mount More

Sergeant Braxton Jones, a motor transportation operator with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, explains the uses and functions of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All More

3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Marines operate a Light-Armored Vehicle equipped with a new Anti-Tank weapons system to their next objective during testing at range 500 aboard the Combat Center, Feb. More

Lance Cpl. Daniel Ebrahim, an infantryman with Company "A," 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, the ground combat element for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and 13th Mari More

Gunnery Sgt. Andrew Wedde, an assaultman with Company "A," 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, the ground combat element for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and 13th Marin More

INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 5, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Carl Provost, right, supervises as Cpl. Cody Stevens removes bolts from a Humvee aboard the USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Stevens is a light armored vehicle mechanic with More

Kaden Jeide (left), Spencer Jeide (center), and Cpl. Matthew Franzoni, stand outside of a shopping center during a “holiday with Heroes” event held in Poway, California, December 10. During the city-funded even More

Two Marines scan the range during their live-fire gunnery qualification test at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Jan. 22, 2016. Live-fire tests like these allow the Marines of 1st Light A More

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marines rush in to clear a structure after breaching an entryway with an explosive charge during an urban leaders course, Jan. 29, 2016. During the course, Marines lea More

Private First Class Derek Pauletta, a mortarman with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, half-loads a mortar in an M252 81mm Medium Extended Range Mortar, waiting for the More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion arrive at Warrior’s Cove for Highlanders’ Night on Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 30, 2016. Highlanders’ Night is an annual event the battalion holds t More

Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct a six-mile hike to Red Beach where the battalion held its annual Highlander Night aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, C More

Marines with Task Force Los Angeles prepare to load their bags onto the USS America (LHA 6) at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., Aug. 29, 2016. The ship will carry Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen to Los Angel More

U.S. Marines with various Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions (LAR Bn), conduct the first-ever Bushmaster challenge at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016. The competition consisted of four l More

A U.S. Marine crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts casualty evacuation drills with hospital corpsman and Marines with 1st Medical Battalion and 1st Light Armo More

Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance, 1st Marine Division, prepare their light armored vehicles for Steel Knight 17 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 6, 2016. Stee More

Captain Adam Unkle, the commanding officer of Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, gives a brief on the scheme of maneuver during Steel Knight 17 at Marine Corps Air-G More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (1st LAR) and 7th Engineer Support Battalion (7th ESB) standby during a rafting operation on Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2017. 1st LAR and 7th More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (1st LAR) conduct a demolition exercise on Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 12, 2017. 1st LAR conducts demolition exercises in order to maintain tactica More

Marines with D Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, direct Light Armored Vehicles off an improved ribbon bridge provided by Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1 More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, run a 400-meter sprint towards the Pacific Ocean during a fitness evaluation phase of the 1st Marine Division Infantry Super Squad Competition at Ma More

U.S. Marines with Jump Platoon, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, shoot a tube-launched optically-tracked wire-guided (TOW) missile from a Light-Armored Vehicle 25 at Marine Corps More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 1st Marine Division, prepare to move out during exercise Deep Strike II, at Fallbrook Calif., Sept. 12, 2017. Deep Strike II consisted of 1st More

U.S. Marines with Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (MARDIV), refuel a light armored vehicle during the Deep Strike II exercise at River Valley, Calif., Sept. 13, 2017. More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), 1st Marine Division, prepare to run their ghillie suits through a mud and water exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 13, More

Lance Cpl. Daniel Fenstermacher, with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, commands his military working dog Ortis to release the bite gear at Tuna Harbor Park in San Diego, Calif., Oct. More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 1st Marine Division, wait to board a plane at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 18, 2017. Marines with 1st LAR were selected to p More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 1st Marine Division, load cargo on to a Lockheed C-130H (NZ) Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft at Pago Pago, American Samoa, Oct. 23, 2017. More

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Andrew Karas, a platoon commander with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, takes notes while being briefed during Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17) at St. More

New Zealand Army Cpl. Jaqueline Heta, right, a supply technician with 2nd Battalion, 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, issues Steyr Army Universal Guns to U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jadon Valdez, left, a rifleman, and HM3 Cody Moody, right, a hospital corpsman, both with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division prepare for a night insert More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Macejak, a light armored vehicle crewman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, poses for a photograph at an observation post, while conducting a rec More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division patrol while participating in an extraction mission during Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17), at St. Arnaud, New Ze More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jadon Valdez, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, gives an operations order brief before conducting a reconnaissance patrol during Exerc More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brendan Mulcahy, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division sets up a hide at an observation post while conducting a reconnaissance mission duri More

Royal Australian Army soldiers with 1st Royal Australian Regiment, provide security during an ambush of simulated enemy forces during exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17), at St. Arnaud, New Zealand, Oct. 29, 201 More

Matt Rios, left, and Erik Rosen, both fire-fighters from Station 10, 1st Marine Division (MARDIV), participate during a trunk or treat event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 30, 2017. This even More

Cpl. Preston Villal Pando, a squad leader for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, executes a failure-to-stop drill during Raid Leaders Course 1-18 at Camp Pendleton, California Jan. 15, 2018. The Raid Leaders C More

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment and 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance, 1st Marine Division, execute a simulated raid in support of Fire Exercise (FIREX) 2-18 at Marine More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jaime Gomez Aguilera, a motor vehicle operator with Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, posts security during Fire Exercise (FIREX) 2-18 at Mar More

A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is fired by U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, in support of Fire Exercise (FIREX) 2-18 at Marine Corps Bas More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Monserate Nieves III, left, and Lance Cpl. Jonathan Granillo with Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, carry a litter during a simulated casualt More

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, wear mission oriented protective posture (MOPP) suits with field protective masks during a decontamination train More