11 th marine expeditionary unit, california

3,307 media by topicpage 1 of 34
Col. Michael R. Hudson, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Col. Michael R. Hudson, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Col. Michael R. Hudson, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding officer, speaks to Marines here June 19 at the unit’s field celebration of the 113th birthday of the Navy hospital corps, which was established ... More

Marines retrieve a hose of a cyclonic separator from

Marines retrieve a hose of a cyclonic separator from

Marines retrieve a hose of a cyclonic separator from the Pacific Ocean at a water purification site during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s MEU Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May ... More

USS Tarawa Sailors display Christendom College "Thank You" banner.

USS Tarawa Sailors display Christendom College "Thank You" banner.

Navy Chaplain Cmdr. Brian Simpson, left, and amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa Commanding Officer Brian Luther stand next to a "Thank You" banner received from Christendom College, Front Royal, Va. Tarawa is ... More

Marines man USS Makin Island's rails as the amphibious

Marines man USS Makin Island's rails as the amphibious

Marines man USS Makin Island's rails as the amphibious assault ship sails into San Francisco Bay Oct. 6. The Marines are part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's special-purpose Marine air-ground task force... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, aka 2/7, pay

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, aka 2/7, pay

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, aka 2/7, pay a visit to Lance Cpl. Aaron McNally, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, aka 2/6, at the Veterans Affairs Hospital here Oct. 7. Ten service members ... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael P. Escasa, 21, listens

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael P. Escasa, 21, listens

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael P. Escasa, 21, listens to a Delsar life detector machine used in search-and-rescue missions here Oct. 8. Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Makin... More

Staff Sgt. Justin Heathman, an explosive-ordnance-disposal

Staff Sgt. Justin Heathman, an explosive-ordnance-disposal

Staff Sgt. Justin Heathman, an explosive-ordnance-disposal technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, demonstrates the capabilities of a "Talon" EOD robot by controlling the machine to remove his hat at the... More

Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Lytle, 11th Marine Expeditionary

Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Lytle, 11th Marine Expeditionary

Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Lytle, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit civil operations chief, speaks with David Stevenson of KTVU Fox 2 about training with the San Francisco Fire Department Oct. 8. Marines and sailors w... More

A bass relief at the Nob Hill Masonic Center here pays

A bass relief at the Nob Hill Masonic Center here pays

A bass relief at the Nob Hill Masonic Center here pays tribute to the fraternity's "brethren who died in the cause of freedom." Across the street in Huntington Park, the 1st Marine Division Band, from Camp Pend... More

Cpl. Alexander W. Knight, 23, visits with Thomas Piggie

Cpl. Alexander W. Knight, 23, visits with Thomas Piggie

Cpl. Alexander W. Knight, 23, visits with Thomas Piggie III and his infant son, Thomas, in the nursery at the San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center Oct. 9. Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine E... More

Gunnery Sgt. Joel Daniel, the 1st Marine Division Band's

Gunnery Sgt. Joel Daniel, the 1st Marine Division Band's

Gunnery Sgt. Joel Daniel, the 1st Marine Division Band's enlisted conductor, plays a bagpipe rendition of rock band AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" before the band's Huntington Park concert Oct. 9. The public concert, ... More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit set

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit set

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit set up communication gear for the unit operations center here, Feb. 2. The unit will be participating in Iron Fist, a bilateral training exercise conducted betwee... More

Lance Cpl. Norman H. Gauthier, a radio operator with

Lance Cpl. Norman H. Gauthier, a radio operator with

Lance Cpl. Norman H. Gauthier, a radio operator with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Master Sgt. Tsuyoshi Kono, the Western Infantry Regiment intelligence platoon sergeant, keep the coals warm during a ... More

A Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Infantry

A Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Infantry

A Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Infantry Regiment soldier, stands in front of his platoon while Col. Akira Kurosawa (not shown) speaks during the opening ceremony of Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. 8... More

Lt. Col. Timothy E. Barrick, the 1st Tank Battalion

Lt. Col. Timothy E. Barrick, the 1st Tank Battalion

Lt. Col. Timothy E. Barrick, the 1st Tank Battalion commanding officer, and an officer, with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Infantry Regiment, discuss upcoming training events during Exercise I... More

U.S. Marines and soldiers with the Japanese Ground

U.S. Marines and soldiers with the Japanese Ground

U.S. Marines and soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment paddle back to shore during combat rubber raiding craft training with Expeditionary Warfare Training Group P... More

Lance Cpl. Christopher Burrows, the communications

Lance Cpl. Christopher Burrows, the communications

Lance Cpl. Christopher Burrows, the communications assistant training non-commissioned officer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, looks out toward Bear Mountain as he takes the chilly weather and steep mo... More

Soldiers, with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force,

Soldiers, with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force,

Soldiers, with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment and Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion use oars to traverse over water in a combat rubber raiding craft here Feb. 14.... More

Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force,

Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force,

Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment and Marines with 1st Tank Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., carry gear during a hike... More

Marines with 1st Tank Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground

Marines with 1st Tank Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground

Marines with 1st Tank Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., stage their tanks during an Exercise Iron Fist evolution here Feb. 15. The soldiers and Marines are participatin... More

Nicholas Parks, Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,

Nicholas Parks, Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion,

Nicholas Parks, Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, shows Japanese soldiers with the Western Army Infantry Regiment the weights he had in his pack during their 3 mile hike here Feb. 15. The Marines and... More

Sgt. Tayler Jerome, team leader with Alpha Company,

Sgt. Tayler Jerome, team leader with Alpha Company,

Sgt. Tayler Jerome, team leader with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, explains how the Marines applied the natural look of their surroundings to their camouflage to blend in during a squad formation... More

Japanese soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense

Japanese soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense

Japanese soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment, ranger platoon, rise over a wave in a combat rubber raiding craft as part of Exercise Iron Fist here, Feb. 16. Iro... More

Cpl. Alexander King, a sniper from Weapons Company,

Cpl. Alexander King, a sniper from Weapons Company,

Cpl. Alexander King, a sniper from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, gives a class on the M107 Special Application Scoped Rifle to Japanese soldiers with the Western Army Infantry Regiment he... More

Lance Cpl. Westley Contrata (center), an interpreter

Lance Cpl. Westley Contrata (center), an interpreter

Lance Cpl. Westley Contrata (center), an interpreter with I Marine Expeditionary Force, participates in combat rubber raiding craft during Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. 16. Marines and soldiers with the Japanes... More

Exercise Iron Fist, US Marine Corps Photo

Exercise Iron Fist, US Marine Corps Photo

Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment soldiers participate in combat rubber raiding craft training during Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. 16. Marines and Japanese soldiers are partic... More

Sgt. Steve Marin, a mortarman with 5th Marine Regiment

Sgt. Steve Marin, a mortarman with 5th Marine Regiment

Sgt. Steve Marin, a mortarman with 5th Marine Regiment and a soldier, with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment, mortar platoon, review a range during training here Feb. 17. Th... More

Sailors with Assault Craft Unit 5 secure a M777 Howitzer

Sailors with Assault Craft Unit 5 secure a M777 Howitzer

Sailors with Assault Craft Unit 5 secure a M777 Howitzer to the deck of a landing craft aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb 22, in preparation for part of Exercise Iron Fist, a bilateral training exercise betwee... More

A sailor with Assault Craft Unit 1, guides the driver

A sailor with Assault Craft Unit 1, guides the driver

A sailor with Assault Craft Unit 1, guides the driver of an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, 1st Tank Battalion Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, from the deck of a landing craft to Camp Pend... More

An amphibious assault vehicle with 1st Platoon, Alpha

An amphibious assault vehicle with 1st Platoon, Alpha

An amphibious assault vehicle with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, submerges into the boat basin on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 24, to load onto USS Dubuque. This training is part ... More

Red Dragons fly 11th MEU during Iron Fist

Red Dragons fly 11th MEU during Iron Fist

A CH-46E Sea Knight, with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 “Red Dragons,” flies toward USS Makin Island after a live fire exercise during Exercise Iron Fist here Feb. 27. Marines, with 1st Air Naval Gunfir... More

From left, crew chief Cpl. Matthew Adams, 20, from

From left, crew chief Cpl. Matthew Adams, 20, from

From left, crew chief Cpl. Matthew Adams, 20, from South Hampton, N.J.; driver Lance Cpl. Devon Ridgway, 22, from Boise, Idaho; and Pfc. Andrey Fortygin, 20, from Rochester, N.Y., all serving with 3rd Assault A... More

Marines with 1st Tank Battalion quick reaction force

Marines with 1st Tank Battalion quick reaction force

Marines with 1st Tank Battalion quick reaction force Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., coordinate with air support for a landing zone pickup aboard Camp Pendleton, Feb. 28, during ... More

Cpl. Cord E. Burgan, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit,

Cpl. Cord E. Burgan, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit,

Cpl. Cord E. Burgan, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, instructs unit members here March 10 during training in which approximately 100 Marines and sailors drilled with XM50 joint-service general-purpose masks. Bu... More

Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent, who

Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent, who

Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent, who has served as the Corps' highest ranking enlisted member since April 2007, speaks to approximately 2,000 Marines and sailors from various units at Camp Del Mar... More

Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Long, right, teaches Carol

Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Long, right, teaches Carol

Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Long, right, teaches Carol Kenyon, from Rohnert Park, Calif., how to throw grenades during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Jane Wayne Day here April 15. The unit invited family me... More

Lance Cpl. Timur Oljuskin, a rifleman with Battalion

Lance Cpl. Timur Oljuskin, a rifleman with Battalion

Lance Cpl. Timur Oljuskin, a rifleman with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, rinses his face under a water spout after completing a pepper spray cours... More

Marines and sailors serving with Lima Company, Battalion

Marines and sailors serving with Lima Company, Battalion

Marines and sailors serving with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, engage enemy combatants during a mechanized raid course here May 17. The course helps Marines and sailo... More

Cpl. Brandon Stowers loads a light utility vehicle

Cpl. Brandon Stowers loads a light utility vehicle

Cpl. Brandon Stowers loads a light utility vehicle into a CH-53E Super Stallion during an aerial transport exercise here May 24. This is the first time that the Expeditionary Fire Support System has been loaded... More

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew P. Rea, 34, platoon sergeant with

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew P. Rea, 34, platoon sergeant with

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew P. Rea, 34, platoon sergeant with the light armored reconnaissance section, BLT 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, discusses plans for a training raid with his Marines here May 25. The ra... More

MEU exercise brings SoCal forces together

MEU exercise brings SoCal forces together

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A truck loads an M777 howitzer onto a Navy landing craft at Red Beach here June 13 during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s first training exercise since taking shape as a complete M... More

Maritime raid force trains for MEU deployment

Maritime raid force trains for MEU deployment

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice fast roping June 13. These Marines will serve as the unit’s maritime raid force during their deployment later this year. Fast ro... More

Preparing to be unseen - A man is looking at his reflection in a mirror

Preparing to be unseen - A man is looking at his reflection in a mirro...

Reconnaissance Marine and Sugar Land, Texas, native Sgt. Alex Sanchez camouflages his face before a training mission here June 14. Sanchez serves with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for t... More

Company K Marines Lance Cpl. Jackie Donkhong, left,

Company K Marines Lance Cpl. Jackie Donkhong, left,

Company K Marines Lance Cpl. Jackie Donkhong, left, and Cpl. Michael J. Rosekelly rehearse security before a nighttime raid at an urban training town here June 14. The rifle company is one of three in Battalion... More

Cpl. Jacob C. Hunter executes a shoulder roll during

Cpl. Jacob C. Hunter executes a shoulder roll during

Cpl. Jacob C. Hunter executes a shoulder roll during a martial arts session at Red Beach here June 14. Hunter is with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's command element.

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force practice entering compounds over walls during an MRF training course here June 15.

Cpl. Jose A. Pagan, a food service specialist with

Cpl. Jose A. Pagan, a food service specialist with

Cpl. Jose A. Pagan, a food service specialist with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, places cans of green beans into a heating system June 15. Pagan and his team prepared an evening me... More

Sergeant Maj. Scott T. Pile and Sergeant Maj. Anthony

Sergeant Maj. Scott T. Pile and Sergeant Maj. Anthony

Sergeant Maj. Scott T. Pile and Sergeant Maj. Anthony Cruz tour the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s aircraft forward arming and refueling point during a field exercise here June 15. The purpose of the exercise... More

Cpl. Manuel E. Pardo and Sgt. Ricardo Espinosa practice

Cpl. Manuel E. Pardo and Sgt. Ricardo Espinosa practice

Cpl. Manuel E. Pardo and Sgt. Ricardo Espinosa practice reloading their rifles here June 16, during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's first full-scale exercise since coming together in May. The Marines are b... More

Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1,

Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1,

Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a training exercise on Red Beach here June 17. The exercise is in preparation for the unit's upcoming deployment.

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force move to a CH-46E Sea Knight to practice fast roping during an MRF training course June 17. Fast roping is a technique used to quickly descen... More

Sgt. Bradley K. McMurray briefs Marines and sailors

Sgt. Bradley K. McMurray briefs Marines and sailors

Sgt. Bradley K. McMurray briefs Marines and sailors before a simulated evacuation here June 18. McMurray is the evacuation control center commandant and a landing support specialist serving with Combat Logistic... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard A. Reveles, from Bell

Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard A. Reveles, from Bell

Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard A. Reveles, from Bell Gardens, Calif., checks Marines for medical issues after a helicopter raid on an urban training village here June 16. Reveles serves with India Company, Bat... More

Seaman Apprentice Kenneth M. Butler, from Milford,

Seaman Apprentice Kenneth M. Butler, from Milford,

Seaman Apprentice Kenneth M. Butler, from Milford, N.H., who serves with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, looks over Cpl. Cory Courts, a simulated casualty from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s command eleme... More

Lance Cpl. Caylen S. Vetter, 24, a Bishop, Calif.,

Lance Cpl. Caylen S. Vetter, 24, a Bishop, Calif.,

Lance Cpl. Caylen S. Vetter, 24, a Bishop, Calif., native, utilizes a noncombatant tracking system to identify roleplayers at a simulated evacuation site here June 18. The exercise prepared 11th Marine Expediti... More

Cpl. William G. Stickney watches a Marine simulate

Cpl. William G. Stickney watches a Marine simulate

Cpl. William G. Stickney watches a Marine simulate launching a rocket during night raid rehearsals here June 19. Stickney, a 22-year-old Roanoke, Va., native, serves as a machine gun team leader with Company L,... More

Sgt. Miguel O. Bravo, right, a San Diego native, instructs

Sgt. Miguel O. Bravo, right, a San Diego native, instructs

Sgt. Miguel O. Bravo, right, a San Diego native, instructs 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines on the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques here June 19. The Marines are training to acquire the green ... More

Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Jensen patrols a field here while

Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Jensen patrols a field here while

Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Jensen patrols a field here while searching for a simulated downed pilot June 20. Jensen, an Albuquerque, N.M., native, serves with Company I, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landi... More

Marines with Battery K fire 120 mm mortars June 21.

Marines with Battery K fire 120 mm mortars June 21.

Marines with Battery K fire 120 mm mortars June 21. The battery provides artillery and indirect fire for Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground-combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is ... More

A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's

A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's

A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force secures a stairwell while training to take over the gas and oil platform Hogan off the coast of Carpinteria July 9. The MRF, along with a s... More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force prepare to depart an airfield in a CH-46E Sea Knight to train on the oil platform Hogan July 10. The MRF, along with a section of the unit's... More

A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's

A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's

A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force searches the oil platform Hogan for threats during an exercise July 10. The MRF, along with a section of the unit's aviation combat element... More

Lance Cpl. Kevin A. Kohl, left, and Cpl. Daniel T.

Lance Cpl. Kevin A. Kohl, left, and Cpl. Daniel T.

Lance Cpl. Kevin A. Kohl, left, and Cpl. Daniel T. Conroy provide security at Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268's forward arming and refueling point at Camp San Luis Opispo July 12 during the 11th Marine Ex... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice securing people to Stokes baskets during high-angle rescue training with Northern Califo... More

Several Marine CH-46 Sea Knights transport Marines

Several Marine CH-46 Sea Knights transport Marines

Several Marine CH-46 Sea Knights transport Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force back to base after the MRF conducted a raid on a mock village here July 12. The MRF, along with a... More

Pfc. Eric J. Meek opens a helium tank to inflate a

Pfc. Eric J. Meek opens a helium tank to inflate a

Pfc. Eric J. Meek opens a helium tank to inflate a balloon tethered to a communications relay system during a training exercise at Camp Del Mar here July 14. The balloon floats up to 80,000 feet, extending the ... More

Unit to get advanced helmet

Unit to get advanced helmet

Daniel Hernandez, left, checks an advanced combat helmet worn by 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit logistics officer Maj. Siebrand H. Niewenhous IV during a fitting session at Camp Del Mar here July 15. Hernandez ... More

Sgt. Jeremy Lima, a Rochelle, Ill., native, with the

Sgt. Jeremy Lima, a Rochelle, Ill., native, with the

Sgt. Jeremy Lima, a Rochelle, Ill., native, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force, uses his night vision goggles while holding security during a night raid exercise here June 15. The MRF... More

Raid force trains in national forest

Raid force trains in national forest

Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force prepare to depart a raid site in a CH-46E Sea Knight during a night training operation here July 15. The MRF, along with a section of the un... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Sudduth, center, a

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Sudduth, center, a

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Sudduth, center, a Lyman, Wyo., native and head corpsman for 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force, evaluates a simulated casualty during an exercise here July 17... More

Marines and sailors with Company K, Battalion Landing

Marines and sailors with Company K, Battalion Landing

Marines and sailors with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide security during a counterinsurgency field exercise here, July 18. The exercise focused on military operati... More

Pfc. Sterling A. Classenreid, anit-tank missile gunner,

Pfc. Sterling A. Classenreid, anit-tank missile gunner,

Pfc. Sterling A. Classenreid, anit-tank missile gunner, conducts an operations check on a combat metal detector here July 18. Classenreid, 19, from El Paso, Texas, is with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Tea... More

Assisted by a translator, platoon sergeant Staff Sgt.

Assisted by a translator, platoon sergeant Staff Sgt.

Assisted by a translator, platoon sergeant Staff Sgt. Justin W. Stover, right, speaks to a role player during a patrol here, July 19, part of an eight-day counterinsurgency exercise conducted by the 11th Marine... More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's maritime raid force fast rope onto the pirated ship Cape Isabel during an exercise here July 19. The MRF, along with a section of the unit's aviation combat ele... More

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company watch an explosion here July 21. A detachment of Marines and sailors from the company performed close-air support training in preparation for their upcoming de... More

Non-commissioned officers serving with Company I, Battalion

Non-commissioned officers serving with Company I, Battalion

Non-commissioned officers serving with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, aboard USS Makin Island watch from the ship as it pulls away from Naval Base San Diego Aug. 10, beginning a 12-day exercise between ... More

Unit conducts training U.S. Navy, California

Unit conducts training U.S. Navy, California

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brittany Winters signals the landing zone for a landing craft here Aug. 10. Winters, 23, who hails from Hanford, Calif., is a boatswain’s mate with Beach Master Unit 1 out of Naval Amphi... More

Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion

Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion

Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 11 and the Navy's Amphibious Squadron 5 off-load a truck from a landing craft here Aug. 10. The battalion is the logistics combat element for the 11th Marine ... More

11th Marine Expeditionary Unit trains at sea

11th Marine Expeditionary Unit trains at sea

Marines and sailors march to USS Makin Island’s rails before the ship set sail from this port city Aug. 10. Eleventh Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines and sailors embarked the amphibious assault ship at Naval B... More

Amphibious assault vehicles maneuver aboard USS New

Amphibious assault vehicles maneuver aboard USS New

Amphibious assault vehicles maneuver aboard USS New Orleans off the coast of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 10, during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s first sea-based exercise since becoming a complete Marin... More

11th MEU combat cargo Marines

11th MEU combat cargo Marines

Marine cargo handlers with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit wait for a CH-53E from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) to land here Aug. 11. The Marines are participating in a 12-day sea based ... More

A Light Armored Vehicle from the 11th Marine Expeditionary

A Light Armored Vehicle from the 11th Marine Expeditionary

A Light Armored Vehicle from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit drives off a landing craft onto Camp Pendleton's Red Beach Aug. 11. The 11th MEU is conducting its first at sea exercise since becoming a complete... More

A Navy boat launched from USS New Orleans, Aug. 12

A Navy boat launched from USS New Orleans, Aug. 12

A Navy boat launched from USS New Orleans, Aug. 12 carries maritime raid force members of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The force’s assault element practiced boarding vessels from the ocean’s surface mile... More

A UH-1Y Huey with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's

A UH-1Y Huey with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's

A UH-1Y Huey with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element takes off from USS Makin Island Aug. 12. The 11th MEU is conducting its first at sea exercise since becoming a complete Marine air ... More

Phibron MEU integration

Phibron MEU integration

A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), prepares to fly off USS Makin Island in a UH-1Y Huey Aug. 12. The 11th MEU is con... More

Company L Marines and sailors aboard this amphibious

Company L Marines and sailors aboard this amphibious

Company L Marines and sailors aboard this amphibious transport dock attend a ship safety brief Aug 13. The rifle company is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, which serves as the ground combat element ... More

Capt. Todd Eyesenbach marks airstrike locations on

Capt. Todd Eyesenbach marks airstrike locations on

Capt. Todd Eyesenbach marks airstrike locations on a map of this island Aug 13. Eyesenbach is the officer in charge of a detachment from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company attached to the 11th Marine Expedit... More

An AH-1Z Viper piloted by Maj. Daniel P. McGuire lifts

An AH-1Z Viper piloted by Maj. Daniel P. McGuire lifts

An AH-1Z Viper piloted by Maj. Daniel P. McGuire lifts from the amphibious assault ship Makin Island, Aug. 14, to support a counter-piracy training mission miles from Southern California's San Clemente Island. ... More

The amphibious transport dock New Orleans chases a

The amphibious transport dock New Orleans chases a

The amphibious transport dock New Orleans chases a vessel during a counterpiracy exercise Aug. 14. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked the amphibious assault ship Makin Island and New Orleans in San Die... More

Cpl. Andrew J. Martinez fires his rifle here Aug. 14.

Cpl. Andrew J. Martinez fires his rifle here Aug. 14.

Cpl. Andrew J. Martinez fires his rifle here Aug. 14. Martinez, 27, is the armory chief for Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and is an El Centro, Calif., native. The battalion part... More

Team leader Cpl. Stephen P. Greene communicates with

Team leader Cpl. Stephen P. Greene communicates with

Team leader Cpl. Stephen P. Greene communicates with team members Aug. 15 during a live-fire exercise here with Company L, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element f... More

Company L Marines rehearse capturing an enemy position

Company L Marines rehearse capturing an enemy position

Company L Marines rehearse capturing an enemy position Aug. 16 during live-fire training here. The rifle company is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expe... More

Company L Marines return to their bivouac site after

Company L Marines return to their bivouac site after

Company L Marines return to their bivouac site after patrolling Aug. 16 during training here. The rifle company is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Exped... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerardo G. Medina, right, shows

Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerardo G. Medina, right, shows

Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerardo G. Medina, right, shows radio operator Cpl. Shawn R. Pavlik how to intravenously administer fluid to a patient during a field exercise here Aug. 18 with Company L, one of three r... More

A column of amphibious assault vehicles moves south

A column of amphibious assault vehicles moves south

A column of amphibious assault vehicles moves south along Red Beach here Aug. 21 after disembarking USS New Orleans. The vehicles drove Company L Marines from ship to shore. The rifle company is one of three in... More

Cpl. Shawn R. Pavlik provides security here Aug. 21

Cpl. Shawn R. Pavlik provides security here Aug. 21

Cpl. Shawn R. Pavlik provides security here Aug. 21 during a raid with Company L, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The company, reinforced by tanks and amphibious assault vehicles, co... More

Team leader Cpl. Gerrick J. Watkins, along with fellow

Team leader Cpl. Gerrick J. Watkins, along with fellow

Team leader Cpl. Gerrick J. Watkins, along with fellow squad members, exitis a CH-46E Sea Knight here Aug. 30 during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel course. The course is hosted by I Marine Expedi... More

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors with USS New Orleans exercise here Sept. 3. The MEU embarked USS Makin Island and the amphibious transport dock New Orleans in San Diego to begin its ... More

Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary

Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary

Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1 run toward a trench on range 400 here Sept. 4. The Marines performed a live-fire, long-range helicopter raid between USS Maki... More

Men and women of Combat Logistics Battalion 11 process

Men and women of Combat Logistics Battalion 11 process

Men and women of Combat Logistics Battalion 11 process role players acting as evacuees while Battery K Marines provide security at a simulation here, Sept. 5, training the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit members... More

Previous

of 34

Next