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An SA-330J Puma drops a pallet onto the flight deck of the USS Comstock, embarked with Marines and sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, for a resupply-at-sea during the MEU's deployment Sept. 5. The 1 More

Marines with the combat cargo department, USS San Diego, work to move newly-arrived supplies off the flight deck of the USS San Diego as part of a vertical replenishment at sea mission during the 11th Marine Ex More

Lance Cpl. Corderius Norton, a rifleman with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, a member of the USS Comstock’s small craft action team, and a Chicag More

Lance Cpl. Brooke A. Livingston, a helicopter crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carries a blade fold rack off the flight deck as part of flight o More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit board an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th MEU, on the flight deck of the USS Comstock during their deployment Sept. 8. T More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit bow their heads during a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 aboard the USS San Diego during the 11th MEU's WESTPAC 1 More

Petty Officer 1st Class Paul Jaskowiak, a deck department leading petty officer with the USS Comstock, recites a passage during the ship’s Sept. 11th remembrance ceremony during their deployment Sept. 11, 2014. More

U.S. Marines with the scout sniper platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire at targets from the rear of the flight deck of the amphibious transport More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Comstock, Sept. 12. The USS Comstock is part of the Maki More

While aboard the USS San Diego (LPD 22), U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Juan F. Alvarez, right, a platoon sergeant with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Uni More

An MH-60S Sea Hawk takes off from the flight deck of the USS Comstock (LSD 45),Sept. 13. The Comstock is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is More

Lance Cpl. Adrian Espinoza, a rifleman with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Fremont, California, native, listens to radio traffic as part o More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, watch for small boats as part of the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) small craft action team More

Lance Cpl. Paul Kaminsky and Lance Cpl. Colton Welker, machine gunners with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, search for potential threats as part More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced)[VMM-163(REIN)], 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands on the on the flight deck during a casualty evacuation drills conducted More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors with the USS Comstock (LSD 45) pass along food during a replenishment at sea Sept. 16. The Comstock is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group More

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stand-by in a passageway as part of a mission preparation drill aboard the USS S More

MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, take off from the flight deck of the USS Makin Island en route to support ongoing missions in the U.S. 5th More

Sgt. Matthew Acevedo, a metal worker with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Charleston, South Carolina native, mounts new physical training equipment on the USS Comstock (LSD More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrol as part of a training exercise, Sept. 19. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response f More

Lt. Justine Johnson, a nurse with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practices assembling a special medical emergency evacuation device platform, which is used to move patients in a More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Gehret, a reconnaissance man with the reconnaissance detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practices breaching techniques in preparation for potential tactical recovery of aircraft and p More

Boatswain’s Mate Carlglo Rula, a landing signalman with the USS Comstock (LSD 45) and a Bacalod City, Philippines native, guides a MH-60S Sea Hawk toward the flight deck, Sept. 20. The Comstock is part of the M More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Bushman, a landing signalman with the USS Comstock (LSD 45) and a Davenport, Iowa, native, directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk on the flight deck of the ship, Sept. 22. The Comstock is par More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman, left, a combat cameraman with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a native of Ashland, Ohio, confirms his gear information with Staff Sgt. Edward J. Gonzalez, a p More

MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, transporting Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to depart for re-posturing in support of potential missions. The 11th MEU is More

An SA-330J Puma lifts pallets from the flight deck of the USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) for delivery to the three ship Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) during a vertical replenishment- at-sea, Sept. 2 More

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) steams behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during vertical replenishment. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing More

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) [VMM-163 (REIN)], 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), collapse the rotor blades on a CH-53E Super Stallion after flight operations aboard th More

Sgt. Samuel Mills, a reconnaissance man with the reconnaissance detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads into an MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th MEU, fo More

Sailors aboard the USS Makin Island signal an AH-1Z Super Cobra to take off, Sept. 25, 2014. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force More

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Paige Henning, from Phoenix, loads an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in close quarters tactics drills in the well deck of the USS Makin Island, Sept. 25. The purpose of the training was to hone weapons handling s More

U.S. Marine pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to fly an AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopter in support of ongoing operations, Sept. 24. Marine More

Capt. Karl Thomas, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), speaks to Sailors in the hangar bay. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, are on More

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practice treating a notional casualty as part of simulated combat life-saving training, Sep More

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practice grappling as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program aboard the USS Ma More

Col. Matthew Trollinger, commanding officer of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, answers questions posed by Marines embarked aboard the USS Comstock during a visit, Sept. 27. The 11th MEU is deployed with the More

Petty Officer 1st Class James Robertson, an independent duty corpsman with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a Los Angeles native, recites a poem durin More

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practice weapon manipulation and speed reload drills aboard the USS San Diego (LPD 22), Se More

Guest of Honor Gunnery Sgt. Terry Weidman, company gunnery sergeant, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU),addresses graduates of the corporal’s c More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob C. Hunter, rear, a data chief with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Wilson, Pennsylvania, executes a rear choke during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) More

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a Table 3 combat marksmanship course of fire as a part of sustainment tr More

1st Sgt. Jacob B. Jones, first sergeant, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines (BLT 2/1), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), presents Cpl. Elida A. Torres, an embark specialist with More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, waits as a backup on the flight deck of the USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in support of a rotation of forces, More

Cpl. Michael M. Reum, a military policeman and Onsted, Michigan native with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practices weapons handling drills aboard the USS Makin Island, Oct. 7. The Makin Island Amph More

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), place a memorial stand for Cpl. Jordan Spears on the flight deck of the USS Makin Island (LHD 8) as part of More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer Juan J. Rivera with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and native of Brooklyn, New York, restrains a simulated protestor during a More

Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handler 2nd Class Wilmer Ramos, from Los Angeles, removes chains and chocks prior to takeoff of a U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey from the 20th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron ( More

Cpl. Jacob Clark, a forward observer with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practices his ability to calibrate a Vector optics system, Oct. 1 More

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the USS San Diego (LPD 22) unload food and supplies from a U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey with the 20th Expeditionary Special Operations Squadron takes, Oct. 13, 2014. Ma More

U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provide security during a multi-national, joint-service casualty evacuation sustainment training evolution. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Is More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Erich W. Lloyd, a forward air controller with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and native of Frederick, Maryland, practices cardio More

Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), move a simulated casualty to a rally point as part of a multi-national, joint-service casualty e More

Pfc. John Padgett, from Savage, Minnesota, a rifleman with combined anti-armor team (CAAT) blue, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), inspects f More

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fast-rope out of a single point hatch of a CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron More

U.S. Marines with Charlie Battery, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform weapons handling drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (L More

Col. Matthew Trollinger, left, commanding officer of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Capt. Victor Cooper, right, commodore, Amphibious Squadron 5 (PHIBRON 5) tour the Royal Navy’s amphibious trans More

11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines assigned to Combat Cargo, USS Makin Island (LHD 8), perform calisthenics as part of the combat conditioning portion of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, Oct. 16 More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), communicate a possible threat during a squad-sized patrol as part of a battlefield tactical se More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Chicago native, receive a brief during a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle egress training here, Oct. 17. The 11th More

Sgt. Mykel Foland, a motor transport mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a Schoharie, New York native, maintains a high-mobility multi-wheeled vehicle (Humvee) More

Lance Cpl. Garrett J. Burke, a crew chief with the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary unit (MEU), and Janesville, Wisconsin native, performs maintenance on a pulper in More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Devon M. Palafox, right, an aviation ordnance noncommissioned officer in charge (NCOIC) and Reseda, California, native, and Lance Cpl. Kristian A. Gomez, an aviation ordnance and Boise, Idaho n More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), strap themselves into a UH-60 Black Hawk during aircraft familiarization training, Oct. 18. Th More

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a gunners qualification aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LH More

U.S. Navy sailors with the air department, amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), display removed chains and chocks to the crew of an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Rei More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practice techniques as part of a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) “brown belt” training session aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Islan More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), assigned to combat cargo aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), load gear on to an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadro More

Sgt. Brandon Lesau, an assistant convoy commander with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from South San Francisco, California, communicates with other vehicle commanders durin More

A Marine with the reconnaissance detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), teaches the proper supported standing position for the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (SASS), Oct. 23. The 11th MEU is deplo More

A Marine with the reconnaissance detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, teaches the proper supported standing position for the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (SASS), Oct. 23. The 11th MEU is deployed wi More

1st Lt. Coulter Nyenhuis, a platoon commander with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), communicates with his platoon during a vertical assault More

A U.S. Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 11 (CLB-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), works with a Djibouti local national to move equipment during a beach landing at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, as part More

U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) work together to move gear during a beach landing at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, as part of the initial stages of sustainment training Oct. 25. The 11th ME More

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), raise camouflage shade netting in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, during the initial stages of sustainment trai More

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, and Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stage vehicles and gear at a beach in D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, as part More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct equipment checks prior to executing a route reconn More

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), simulate setting security around Marines treating a simulated casualty as part of physical tra More

A U.S. Marine with the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires his weapon during a fire and movement More

Cpl. Carlos Lopez, a machine gunner with combined anti-armor team (CAAT) blue, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from Santa Fe, Mexico, engages targets wit More

Lance Cpl. Drew Greer, an assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) crewman with the AAV platoon, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), from Highland, Tex More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), flies above the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Oct. 28. The Makin Island Amphibi More

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform maintenance on a number two engine and main gear box oil cooler from a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard More

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a live-fire range on an air cargo elevator aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Is More

U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), observe 25 mm cannon fire from LAV-25 lig More

A U.S. Marine Corps LAV-25 light armored vehicle from Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), waits More

U.S. Marine machine gunners with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provide precision fires with an M240G medium machine gun during a live- More

Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, sergeant major of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), talks to Pfc. Gabriel Chatelain, a radio operator with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th MEU More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dylan S. Large with Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), aims a French FA More

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Vincent T. Carrillo, right, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and native of Palmdale, California, makes ready a 240B More

Marines with combined anti-armor team (CAAT) blue, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), enter a simulated urban environment to conduct a motorized raid, Nov. More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. David S. Chandler, a light armored vehicle crewman with Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expedi More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kaci E. Choate, a motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and native of Charlotte, N.C., scans the ground with a compact m More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christian A. Madrid, right, an M1A1 main battle tank technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and native of Bakersfield, Calif., guides an M88 More

A UH-1Y Super Huey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off after delivering supplies to Marines conducting sustainment training at D’Arta Plage, D More

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), moves to a firing range as part of sustainment training at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 8 More

Marines with combined anti-armor team (CAAT) blue, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receive a pre-flight brief in a UH-60 Blackhawk prior to a vertical ra More

LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicles from Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire on fixed targets as More

U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), celebrate the 239th birthday of the United States Marine Corps during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 10. The 11th MEU is deploye More