Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit salute during the playing of the national anthem at the Padres’ Military Appreciation Day at PETCO Park in San Diego, May 19. The 15th MEU was invited to the game More
Gunnery Sgt. Cassius B. Cardio, equal opportunity advisor, 1st Marine Logistics Group, teaches the Equal Opportunity Representative Course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 24, 2013. The weeklong course quali More
Lieutenant Col. Christian D. Richardson, center, outgoing commanding officer, 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, passes on his battalion’s battle colors to the More
Major Gen. John J. Broadmeadow, outgoing commanding general, 1st Marine Logistics Group, gives a speech during his change of command ceremony aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 11, 2013. Broadmeadow relinquish More
Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, assemble an improved ribbon bridge raft while the company was conducting an IRB training exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, More
Private 1st Class Hadron O. Megia, a motor transportation operator with Transportation and Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 7, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, participates in More
Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct a regimental hike aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 19, 2013. To physically condition the service members for a comba More
Lance Cpl. Jake S. Barnett, a combat engineer with 1st Platoon, Company A, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, throws a smoke grenade to mark a landing zone during a casualty evacuation More
Members of the United Kingdom Royal Airforce conduct Medical Emergency Response Team training at Brize Norton Royal Air Force Base, England, July 23, 2013. Three officers with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine More
Corporal Jeremy W. Myers joined the Marine Corps to become a combat engineer. He now serves with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and is slated to join other members o More
Lieutenant Col. Brian W. Ecarius, commanding officer, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, speaks to the guests during Gunnery Sgt. Kalan G. Chaloupek’s retirement ceremony aboard Camp Pend More
Marines from 1st Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, compete at a field meet during their battalion’s Johnny Wayne Day aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 9, 2013. At the More
Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct a battalion hike aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 14, 2013. To physically condition the More
Lance Cpl. Tonique Broadway, administration specialist, Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, is promoted to Lance Cpl. aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 3, 2013. Br More
Brigadier Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese, commanding general, 1st Marine Logistics Group, speaks during a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., Sept. 11, 2 More
Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, guide a bulldozer during a 1st MLG combat operations exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 16, 2013. The exercise was conducted to More
A landing support specialist with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, watches as a CH-46 Sea Knight approaches during a helicopter support team training operation More
Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct a battalion hike aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 25, 2013. To physically condition More
Marines with 1st Marine Logistics Group stand at attention during a retirement ceremony for Major Daniel B. Francis, former executive officer, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st MLG, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. More
Marines with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct a helicopter support team training operation during Mountain Exercise 6-13, aboard Marine Corps Mountain W More
Colonel Joseph J. Zarba, assistant chief of staff, G-4, 1st Marine Logistics Group, is promoted and pinned on by his family aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 1, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy More
First Sgt. Michael Cato, company first sergeant, Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, speaks to Marines during a Marine Corps Birthday ceremony aboard Camp Pendleton, More
Tommy Lasorda, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, speaks to Marines and sailors during the 1st Marine Logistics Group Officer’s Ball in San Diego, Nov. 8, 2013. Lasorda, the former manager of the Los Angeles More
Captain Abdul E. Mack, adjuant, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reads Gen. John A. Lejeune's birthday message during the birthday ball in San Diego Nov. 15. The Marines, sailors and guests celebrated the 238th More
Reverend Dr. E. I. Norman, a retired World War II veteran and Montford Point Marine, stands to be recognized at a retirement ceremony for his nephew, Master Gunnery Sgt. Kelly B. Norman, communications chief, C More
Corporal Nathan L. Terry, a combat engineer with Training Support Division, Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, explains how the M2 machine gun is More
A Shock Trauma Platoon with Alpha Surgical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, applies stabilizing care to a simulated patient during a mass casualty drill aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., More
A Landing Craft Air Cushion lands on Red Beach during Exercise Steel Knight 14 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 11, 2013. Marines from Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logist More
Marines parachuted from CH-46 Sea Knights when Marines with 1st Air Delivery Platoon, Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conducted parachute operations aboard Cam More
Marines with Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, stand at parade rest before performing a 21-gun salute during a memorial service for Lt. Col. Jerry Coleman at PETCO Park in San Diego, Calif., Jan. 18. To commemo More
Sergeant Major Richard D. Thresher, the sergeant major of 1st Marine Logistics Group, speaks on behalf of 1st MLG to thank the Good Guys of Morgan Run charity during a luncheon, at the Morgan Run Club and Resor More
Seaman Michael McKay, hospital corpsman, Mental Health Department, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, serves food at the Bread of Life Rescue Mission in Oceanside, Calif., Jan. 28, 2014. Nine Marines and one sailor More
Corporal John J. Brady, automotive organizational mechanic, General Support and Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, works on a radiator at his regiment’s maint More
Corporal Brittany N. Fancher, wireman, Headquarters and Support Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, takes notes during a class on radio programing aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., More
Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, depart a Landing Craft Air Cushion after returning from San Clemente Island during Exercise Iron Fist 2014, More
Staff Sgt. Manuel E. Ramos, staff non-commissioned officer-in-charge, Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conducts a line-brief, explaining how the dishes were prepar More
Marines with Alpha Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, fire an M240B machine gun during a super squad competition aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 10, 2014. Eight squads, of More
Sergeant Jesse W. Hutchins, combat engineer, 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, hurls a piece of lumber during a log toss competition at the St. Patrick’s Day fiel More
A quick reaction force from Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conducts a casualty evacuation drill during Integrated Training Exercise 3-14 aboard Marine Cor More
Captain Brent L. Kershaw, company commander, Engineer Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, secures the area, during a combat logistics patrol, More
Lance Cpl. Michael J. Clark, motor transportation operator, Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, searches Sadat Sultani, a role- More
Captain Bill M. Appleton, group chaplain, 1st Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 3, 2014. Appleton began his career not as a commissioned naval officer, but as a recr More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael L. Matthews, a corpsman with Preventative Medicine Unit, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, teaches an Operational Preventative Medicine course aboard Camp Pendle More
A Marine with Bravo Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, fires his M16A4 rifle during Table III of the Combat Rifle Program aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 23, 2014. Forty-s More
Lance Cpl. Gabriel R. Gehr, electrical equipment system technician with Utilities Platoon, Engineer Maintenance Company, 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, wears the Purple Heart after recei More
The Las Pulgas fire first reported at 3:15 p.m Thursday has grown to 8,000 acres burned and 5 percent containment. The Tomahawk fire is currently listed at 6,500 acres and 65 percent containment. The evacuation More
Marines with Maintenance Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Headquarters Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, tow a downed bulldozer with an M88 Recovery Vehicle aboard Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross T. Slay, corpsman, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shows school children a card trick during a humanitarian mission at a remote village in Timor-Leste More
Corporal Edgar Carachure, artillery cannoneer, 1st Platoon, Battery B, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shakes hands with 1st Sgt. Yomen J. English, 1st Sgt., Weapons Company, BLT 3/5 More
Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit carry the ceremonial birthday cake during an early Marine Corps Birthday celebration on the flight deck of the USS Rushmore, Nov. 7. The 15th MEU is deployed as p More
A sailor directs a Humvee off a landing craft air cushion at Camp Patriot, Kuwait, beginning Exercise Eager Mace 13, Nov. 8. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are participating in the bilateral training exercise w More
Marines from Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a combat logistics patrol at a live-fire range near Camp Buehring, during Exercise E More
U.S. Marines from Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, send rounds down range at a marksmanship training event near Camp Buehring during Exercise Ea More
Corporal Joseph T. Cheeseman, tank crewman, Tanks Platoon, India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, adjust the sights in an M1A2 Abrams tank at a live-fire range near Camp Bueh More
Marines from Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load .50 caliber machine gun at a live-fire range near Camp Buehring, during Exercise Eager More
U.S. Marines assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct military operations in urban terrain training at Camp Buehring More
U.S. Marines assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training at More
U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stage vehicles near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, during exercise Eager Mace 13, Nov. 19. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps parti More
U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stage their vehicles near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, during Exercise Eager Mace 13, Nov. 19. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are p More
Petty Officer 2nd Class William Imperial, corpsman, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, teaches a combat life-saving class at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, during Exercise Eager Mace 13, Nov More
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class William Imperial assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), teaches a combat life-saving class at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, during exercise Eager M More
Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit take a break from training to enjoy a Thanksgiving holiday meal at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, during Exercise Eager Mace 13, Nov. 22. The U.S. Navy and Marine More
Marine assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit provides security while practicing Military Operations on Urban Terrain at Ca More
Marines assigned to Engineer Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, light a fuse for a shape charge for a controlled detonation at a live-fire range near Camp Buehring, Kuwai More
Lance Cpl. Saul Sanchez, water support technician, Engineer Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, attaches a water-valve to the Light-Weight Water Purification System to fun More
Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit catch some rest as they wait for a Landing Craft Air Cushion to transport them and their cargo from Camp Patriot, Kuwait, to the USS Rushmore on Nov. 29. T More
Marines and sailors aboard USS Rushmore attend a steel beach picnic, held to build crew's morale, on the ship's flight deck, Dec. 2. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U More
Marines and sailors aboard the USS Rushmore conduct a replenishment-at-sea, Dec. 5. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater More
Corporal Kyle C. Sieradzki (right), artillery cannoneer, 2nd Platoon, Battery B, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shakes hands with his battery’s commanding officer, Capt. Christopher More
Lance Cpl. Jacob F. Dyermills, heavy equipment operator, Engineer Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, writes a Christmas letter home from the USS Rushmore, Dec. 27. The 15 More
Corporal Robert T. Ruiz, forward observer, Fire Control Team 32, Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Command Element, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shakes hands with Capt. Collin Hannigan, team leader, FCT 32, More
Marines assigned to Bravo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, play video games in their free time aboard the USS Rushmore, Jan. 20. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Pelel More
Marines and sailors aboard the USS Rushmore conduct a replenishment-at-sea, Jan. 21. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theate More
Sergeant Jordan Kelly, chief, Fire Control Team 32, Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Command Element, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives a haircut to his team leader, Capt. Collin Hannigan, FCT 32 team lea More
Lieutenant Col. John Wiener, commanding officer, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to his Marines and sailors after presenting the Bronze Star with Combat Distinguishing Devi More
A CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts a vertical replenishment from the USNS Patuxent to the USS Peleliu, Feb. 20. The 15th MEU More
Marines assigned to Maritime Raid Force, Command Element, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct small-boat operations near the USS Rushmore, Feb. 21. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious More
Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct physical training aboard the USS Rushmore, Feb. 23. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Comman More
Marines assigned to Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sight in on a target while conducting Maritime Interoperability Training aboard the USS Rus More
Corporal Shevonne L. Eller (left), food service specialist, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Cpl. Tilor A. Hallquist, a radio operator from the same unit, practice guidon manua More
Marines and sailors conduct a replenishment-at-sea aboard the USS Rushmore, Feb. 28. More than 80 pallets of mail, supplies and food were transported via helicopter from the USNS Laramie. The 15th Marine Exped More
Corporal Bernard Vu, field radio operator, 2nd Platoon, Battery B, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practices playing guitar aboard the USS Rushmore, Feb. 27. While away, servicemembe More
Sergeant Edgar Carachure, field artillery cannoneer, 1st Platoon, Battery B, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is promoted to the rank of sergeant aboard USS Rushmore, March 1. The 15t More
Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit practice sword manual during Corporals Course aboard the USS Rushmore, March 5. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a More
A Marine assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit walks down into the barbershop aboard the USS Rushmore to get a haircut, March, 7. While deployed, Marines practiced and honed the valuable skill of cutti More
Marines and sailors aboard the USS Rushmore conduct a replenishment at sea, receiving 10 pallets of food from the USS Peleliu by Landing Craft Utility, March 8. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu A More
Gunnery Sgt. Gerald J. Furnari, staff non-commissioned officer-in-charge, Combined Anti-Armor Team II, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts a safety brief before pistol marksmans More
Lance Cpl. Michael C. Devries, rifleman, Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practices a technique from the Marine Corps Martial Ar More
Sergeant Maj. JohnPaul Doring, sergeant major, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, accepts a non-commssioned officer's sword from Lt. Col. John Wiener, commanding officer, CLB-15, 15t More
Marines and sailors assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Rushmore play with children while volunteering at the Lok Hing Child Care Centre in Hong Kong, April 17. While there, the servicemember More
Lance Cpl. Oswald Lewis and Cpl. Karl A. Patterson, motor transportation operators assigned to Transportation Support Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, remove rust from More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcel O. Fucci, corpsman, Health Services Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses for a photo in the medical department of USS Rushmore, April 2 More
Lance Cpl. Anthony Castro, field artillery cannoneer, and Cpl. Devin Royal, field radio operator, both assigned to Battery B, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, toast bread on the mess More
Corporal Justin Perkins, field artillery cannoneer, 1st Platoon, Battery B, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Lance Cpl. David Woods, machine gunner, Combined Anti Armor Team 1, BL More
Marines assigned to Transportation Support Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, connect cargo to the bottom of a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squa More
Lance Cpl. Richard Deeg, military policeman, Military Police Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a Special Application Scoped Rifle during a live-fire exercise on th More
Sergeant James R. Danaj, light armored vehicle gunner, Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is promoted to the rank of sergeant duri More
Corporal William A. Rafferty, field radio operator, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, attends an ice cream social on the mess deck aboard USS Peleliu, May 6. The event is among many pl More