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Helicopter rope suspension technique instructors from

Helicopter rope suspension technique instructors from

Helicopter rope suspension technique instructors from 1st Radio Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., maintain control of ropes used for fast roping from the ground at Camp Pendleton March 9. The... More

Marines huff and puff to pull a humvee across a parking

Marines huff and puff to pull a humvee across a parking

Marines huff and puff to pull a humvee across a parking lot at the Bob Hope Theater May 26. Marines aboard Miramar spent the afternoon testing their fitness at various stations as part of their summer health, f... More

Lance Cpl. Eric Hersperger, a military police officer

Lance Cpl. Eric Hersperger, a military police officer

Lance Cpl. Eric Hersperger, a military police officer with the Provost Marshal’s Office and Boston native, practices hard turns on a new T3 Series Electric Stand-up Vehicle July 1. The energy-efficient vehicle ... More

Sgt. Benjamin Webdell, a Gary, Ind., native who serves

Sgt. Benjamin Webdell, a Gary, Ind., native who serves

Sgt. Benjamin Webdell, a Gary, Ind., native who serves as a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, helps unroll a tent at San Diego High School, July 11. The Marines of MWSS-373 will pu... More

Naval Academy midshipmen prepare to board a CH-53E

Naval Academy midshipmen prepare to board a CH-53E

Naval Academy midshipmen prepare to board a CH-53E Super Stallion here July 13. The midshipmen are scheduled to spend a week experiencing the various aspects of Marine life, including hiking to firing ranges, r... More

Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 Marines transformed

Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 Marines transformed

Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 Marines transformed an athletic field at San Diego High School to house nearly 1,000 homeless veterans July 15. The squadron spent a week constructing tents for sleeping, dining... More

U.S. Navy Capt. Irving A. Elson, a chaplain for the

U.S. Navy Capt. Irving A. Elson, a chaplain for the

U.S. Navy Capt. Irving A. Elson, a chaplain for the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and his son Jacob, 19, stand holding an Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund Flag at Uhuru Peak on Mount Kilimanjaro. Their climb to Uhuru ... More

Cpl. Nancy Zelaya, a Rockville, Md., native and training

Cpl. Nancy Zelaya, a Rockville, Md., native and training

Cpl. Nancy Zelaya, a Rockville, Md., native and training non-commissioned officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, plots a shot for a team mate at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 23. Zelaya is the o... More

Competitors at the 50th Annual Interservice Rifle

Competitors at the 50th Annual Interservice Rifle

Competitors at the 50th Annual Interservice Rifle Championship focus on prone shooting at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 23. Four members of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Shooting Team, based out ... More

Adamari Muniz, 10, sits with a service dog at the Defense

Adamari Muniz, 10, sits with a service dog at the Defense

Adamari Muniz, 10, sits with a service dog at the Defense Commissary Agency here July 29. Milk-Bone and the DCA will donate a dog to Adamari, who suffers from epilepsy. A service dog can alleviate many of the t... More

Guests select donated school supplies at the Headquarters

Guests select donated school supplies at the Headquarters

Guests select donated school supplies at the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Family Day here Aug. 5. Marines and their family members took the afternoon off to try their hands at rock climbing, flag foot... More

An Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting crewman extinguishes

An Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting crewman extinguishes

An Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting crewman extinguishes a simulated fire on a training aircraft here Aug. 15. The crewman, from Miramar station, 3rd and 4th Marine Aircraft Wing ARFF, spent the afternoon rehe... More

Sgt. David Garcia, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack

Sgt. David Garcia, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack

Sgt. David Garcia, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 and Phoenix native, prepares a can of 7.62mm ammunition in flight above Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, C... More

A UH-1Y Huey helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter

A UH-1Y Huey helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter

A UH-1Y Huey helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 slowly lowers 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Marines onto the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept. 29. The Ma... More

Sgt. Dante Collins, a team leader with 1st Reconnaissance

Sgt. Dante Collins, a team leader with 1st Reconnaissance

Sgt. Dante Collins, a team leader with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and a San Diego native, guides a team member onto the fast rope during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration at the 2011 Marine Corps... More

A drill instructor races around a formation of spouses

A drill instructor races around a formation of spouses

A drill instructor races around a formation of spouses at the 2011 Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Jane Wayne Day aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 7. The recruit indoctrination was t... More

‘Janes’ learn to sound off

‘Janes’ learn to sound off

Staff Sgt. Ruben Acosta, an Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting section leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and El Paso, Texas, native, motivates H&HS Jane Wayne Day participant Stephanie Douglas, ... More

Makeshift sleeping areas for Occupy San Diego protesters

Makeshift sleeping areas for Occupy San Diego protesters

Makeshift sleeping areas for Occupy San Diego protesters line 3rd Ave. outside the San Diego Civic Center Nov. 8. Protesters have taken to the streets since the city closed off access to the Civic Center plaza.

Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364

Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364

Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 present the colors, officially opening the squadron’s 50th anniversary ceremonies aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 10. The squadron... More

3d MAW Marines prep for return to Afghanistan

3d MAW Marines prep for return to Afghanistan

The Marines and sailors of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) bring the aviation combat element compound to life aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Dec. 8. The 3rd MAW (Fwd) personnel are particip... More

PJ sheds light on multifaceted pararescue mission in Afghanistan

PJ sheds light on multifaceted pararescue mission in Afghanistan

Staff Sgt. Matthew Zimmer, a pararescueman with the 103rd Rescue Squadron and Matawan, N.J., native, details the myriad duties he and his fellow pararescuemen, or “PJ’s,” undertake on any given day aboard Camp ... More

U.S. service members board an Air Force HH-60G Pave

U.S. service members board an Air Force HH-60G Pave

U.S. service members board an Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter at the newly christened United Kingdom rotary passenger handling facility aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, March 26. Brig. Gen. Gregg A. Stur... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment disembark

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment disembark

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment disembark an MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28. Two VMM-365 crews, with close-air-support from Ma... More

The sun sets as UH-1Y Huey crews with Marine Light

The sun sets as UH-1Y Huey crews with Marine Light

The sun sets as UH-1Y Huey crews with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, the “Gunfighters,” fly across the flight line on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 1. The Gunfighters continued combat operation... More

A Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 "Gunfighter"

A Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 "Gunfighter"

A Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 "Gunfighter" waits to affix an Iraq campaign streamer with four bronze stars to the squadron's battle colors at a ceremony aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 1... More

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, the

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, the

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, the "Gunfighters," rededicated their flight line "Camp Weis," in honor of fallen Gunfighter and AH-1W Super Cobra pilot, Maj. James "Weasel" Weis in a ceremony aboar... More

Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16

Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16

Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 oversee the movement of a mobile maintenance facility aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 19, 2012. The squadron will send almost 150,000 pounds of mainten... More

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 swoops in within view of the air traffic control tower aboard Forward Operating Base Edinburgh April 28. Only a few Marines make up the Mari... More

A convoy with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 pauses

A convoy with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 pauses

A convoy with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 pauses in the desert of southwest Afghanistan May 4. MWSS-273 Marines and sailors traveled to southwestern Afghanistan to build a safe helicopter landing zone for ... More

Sgt. Maj. Keith Massi, the Marine Light Attack Helicopter

Sgt. Maj. Keith Massi, the Marine Light Attack Helicopter

Sgt. Maj. Keith Massi, the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 squadron sergeant major, presents the squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Stephen Lightfoot, the HMLA-469 “Vengeance” commanding officer, in a tran... More

'Vengeance' takes flight, lifts off for first deployment

'Vengeance' takes flight, lifts off for first deployment

Lance Cpl. Dean Ray, a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 crew chief and Stockton, Calif., native, prepares a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a UH-1Y Huey before a flight aboard Camp Bastion, Afghan... More

Sgt. Enrique Zamora, a crew chief with Marine Heavy

Sgt. Enrique Zamora, a crew chief with Marine Heavy

Sgt. Enrique Zamora, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, ensures that his .50-caliber machine gun never points at the other CH-53E Super Stallion in his flight section over southwestern Afgh... More

A Kaman K1200, "K-MAX," unmanned helicopter with Marine

A Kaman K1200, "K-MAX," unmanned helicopter with Marine

A Kaman K1200, "K-MAX," unmanned helicopter with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 hovers over a cargo load in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 22. The squadron broke new ground with the platform by p... More

Sgt. Jason Horn, VMGR-152

Sgt. Jason Horn, VMGR-152

Sgt. Jason Horn is an ordnance technician with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 and Crowley, Texas, native. Horn is a Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys fan, and spends his spare time in the states v... More

Lance Cpl. Matthew Watson. Watson is an ordnance technician

Lance Cpl. Matthew Watson. Watson is an ordnance technician

Lance Cpl. Matthew Watson. Watson is an ordnance technician with VMGR-152. Watson is a native of Fayetteville, Ark.

Cpl. Shawn Smith. Smith is a native of San Diego, Calif.,

Cpl. Shawn Smith. Smith is a native of San Diego, Calif.,

Cpl. Shawn Smith. Smith is a native of San Diego, Calif., and power line mechanic.

Lance Cpl. Seamus Clarke, a crew chief with Marine

Lance Cpl. Seamus Clarke, a crew chief with Marine

Lance Cpl. Seamus Clarke, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 and Binghamton, N.Y., native, performs aerial reconnaissance over Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 20. Clarke is on his... More

Lt. Col. Chris Raible, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. Chris Raible, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. Chris Raible, the commanding officer of Marine Attack Squadron 211, smiles after landing the first AV-8B Harrier jet from Marine Attack Squadron 211 aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, July 1. The landin... More

CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter

CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter

CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 carry three M777 Howitzers from the Kajaki dam area back to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Aug. 5. The squadron, known as “Cyclops,” teamed with land... More

Participants at the Battleship Benefit Ride for Fallen

Participants at the Battleship Benefit Ride for Fallen

Participants at the Battleship Benefit Ride for Fallen Soldiers stage their motorcycles in San Pedro, Calif., Nov. 4, before riding to the USS Iowa. The ride raised funds in support of the Wounded Warrior Project.

The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is decked out for

The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is decked out for

The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is decked out for the holiday season with trees, garland and lights around the historic property. Other local attractions include harbor light parades, Balboa Park December N... More

A selection of longboards is laid out at Robb Field

A selection of longboards is laid out at Robb Field

A selection of longboards is laid out at Robb Field Skate Park in San Diego Dec. 9 before the 4th annual Skate for the Troops event. Approximately 50 participants and supporters came to the event to raise money... More

Gen. James F. Amos, the Commandant of the Marine Corps,

Gen. James F. Amos, the Commandant of the Marine Corps,

Gen. James F. Amos, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, awarded a Certificate of Commendation to the late Col. William Kay Snyder aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., March 25.

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing raise the colors

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing raise the colors

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing raise the colors during a morning ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 18. The station welcomed former San Diego Padres pitcher Trevor Hoffman an... More

Logistics Marines share the wealth

Logistics Marines share the wealth

The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., provides financial assistance to active-duty service members, as well as retirees and family members.

Cpl. Jamie Rinehart, a field wireman with Marine Wing

Cpl. Jamie Rinehart, a field wireman with Marine Wing

Cpl. Jamie Rinehart, a field wireman with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 and Canyon Lake, Calif., native, can’t stop smiling as Gunnery Sgt. Elba Montalvo, company first sergeant with the squadron and Roselle... More

Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 prepare

Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 prepare

Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 prepare for a uniform inspection aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 10. To conduct a uniform inspection, noncommissioned officers need to plan ... More

Tim Lickness, a retired Army first lieutenant and Pasadena,

Tim Lickness, a retired Army first lieutenant and Pasadena,

Tim Lickness, a retired Army first lieutenant and Pasadena, Calif., native, discusses how spirituality helped him during his time in the Vietnam War at a Warriors of the Faith meeting aboard Marine Corps Air St... More

The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing band plays “Ishmael” during

The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing band plays “Ishmael” during

The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing band plays “Ishmael” during an evening colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 21. “Ishmael” was written about the perils and discovery of a sailor’s fi... More

Sgt. Efrain Melecio, an aviation logistics information

Sgt. Efrain Melecio, an aviation logistics information

Sgt. Efrain Melecio, an aviation logistics information management support specialist with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 and Chicago native, prepares to leave his shop aboard Marine Corps Air Station Mir... More

Sgt. Christopher Prior, a 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Sgt. Christopher Prior, a 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Sgt. Christopher Prior, a 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing noncommissioned officer and Cedar Rapids, Iowa native, prepares to receive the flag after an evening colors ceremony honoring military spouses aboard Marine Co... More

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, explains his leadership initiative to 3rd MAW Marines during a luncheon aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 22. Busby... More

Sgt. William McGregor, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Sgt. William McGregor, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Sgt. William McGregor, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general's driver and Stockton, Calif., native, throws the first pitch at a San Diego Padres game in San Diego June 2. McGregor threw the pitch on b... More

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing read the breakdown

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing read the breakdown

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing read the breakdown of the committed and engaged leadership initiative during the first day of briefs on the subject aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., ... More

A Marine from 1st Radio Battalion, Marine Corps Base

A Marine from 1st Radio Battalion, Marine Corps Base

A Marine from 1st Radio Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., takes a leap from a CH-53E "Super Stallion" over Camp Pendleton March 9. The "Warhorses" of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 supp... More

Lance Cpl. Eric Hersperger, a military police officer

Lance Cpl. Eric Hersperger, a military police officer

Lance Cpl. Eric Hersperger, a military police officer with the Provost Marshal’s Office and Boston native, maneuvers around cones on a new T3 Series Electric Stand-up Vehicle here July 1. Military police office... More

Pfc. Allison Wright, an Atlanta native who serves as

Pfc. Allison Wright, an Atlanta native who serves as

Pfc. Allison Wright, an Atlanta native who serves as a motor transportation mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, and Cpl. Salvador Sanchez, a Winter Haven, Fla., native who serves as a food service s... More

Sgt. Brian Georg, a Severn, Md., native who serves

Sgt. Brian Georg, a Severn, Md., native who serves

Sgt. Brian Georg, a Severn, Md., native who serves as a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, explains how to safely board a helicopter to Naval Academy midshipmen here July 13. The midshipmen a... More

Cpl. Marcus Dunfree, a Pendleton, Ore., native and

Cpl. Marcus Dunfree, a Pendleton, Ore., native and

Cpl. Marcus Dunfree, a Pendleton, Ore., native and heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, and Joshua Cornwell, a local San Diegan and volunteer for the 2011 San Diego Stand Down, work t... More

A member of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Shooting

A member of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Shooting

A member of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Shooting Team, based out of California, loads rounds before a shooting match at the 50th Annual Interservice Rifle Championship at Marine Corps Base Quantico, V... More

Cpl. Angela Newsome, a combat marksmanship coach at

Cpl. Angela Newsome, a combat marksmanship coach at

Cpl. Angela Newsome, a combat marksmanship coach at Edson Range, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and a Springfield, Mass., native, reaches for another round at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 24. Newsome... More

Adamari Muniz, 10, and her family meet a service dog

Adamari Muniz, 10, and her family meet a service dog

Adamari Muniz, 10, and her family meet a service dog at the Defense Commissary Agency here July 29. Milk-Bone and the DCA will donate a dog to Adamari, who suffers from epilepsy. A service dog can alleviate man... More

Guests enjoy fruity snow cones at the Headquarters

Guests enjoy fruity snow cones at the Headquarters

Guests enjoy fruity snow cones at the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Family Day here Aug. 5. Marines and their family members took the afternoon off to try their hands at rock climbing, flag football an... More

Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Marines here adorn

Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Marines here adorn

Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Marines here adorn their training equipment with messages of love for the element they train to battle every day. Miramar Station, 3rd and 4th Marine Aircraft Wing ARFF profess... More

Sgt. David Garcia, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack

Sgt. David Garcia, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack

Sgt. David Garcia, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 and Phoenix native, observes the target area over Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Sept. 20. The M... More

Crew members aboard a UH-1Y Huey helicopter from Marine

Crew members aboard a UH-1Y Huey helicopter from Marine

Crew members aboard a UH-1Y Huey helicopter from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 look on as Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion hook onto a rope attached to the aircraft at the flight line abo... More

Sgt. Dante Collins, a team leader with 1st Reconnaissance

Sgt. Dante Collins, a team leader with 1st Reconnaissance

Sgt. Dante Collins, a team leader with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and a San Diego native, guides a team member onto the fast rope during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration at the 2011 Marine Corps... More

Staff Sgt. Ruben Acosta, an Aircraft Rescue and Fire

Staff Sgt. Ruben Acosta, an Aircraft Rescue and Fire

Staff Sgt. Ruben Acosta, an Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting section leader with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and El Paso, Texas, native, motivates H&HS Jane Wayne Day participant Stephanie Douglas, ... More

Occupy San Diego protesters enjoy time with an “occupy

Occupy San Diego protesters enjoy time with an “occupy

Occupy San Diego protesters enjoy time with an “occupy dog” outside the San Diego Civic Center Nov. 8. The movement has attracted a gamut of participants, including a large number of local veterans.

Members of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 add

Members of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 add

Members of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 add the Iraqi Freedom battle streamer to the squadron colors aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 10. The newest streamer features four B... More

Petty Officer Eric Dodson, a hospital corpsman with

Petty Officer Eric Dodson, a hospital corpsman with

Petty Officer Eric Dodson, a hospital corpsman with MWSS-371 and Monroe, N.Y., native, explains how he earned a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Feb. 21. Dodson ear... More

Passengers board a Royal Air Force HC3 Merlin helicopter

Passengers board a Royal Air Force HC3 Merlin helicopter

Passengers board a Royal Air Force HC3 Merlin helicopter at the newly christened United Kingdom rotary passenger handling facility aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, March 26. Brig. Gen. Gregg A. Sturdevant, co... More

Sgt. Kyle Harrison, a crew chief with Marine Medium

Sgt. Kyle Harrison, a crew chief with Marine Medium

Sgt. Kyle Harrison, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 and a San Diego native, keeps an eye on the terrain over southwest Afghanistan March 28. Two VMM-365 crews dropped off approximately 40... More

The Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369

The Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369

The Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 "Gunfighters" prepare to dig in to their birthday cake at a ceremony aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 1. The Gunfighters celebrated their 40th anniversary,... More

Maj. Gen. Andrew O'Donnell Jr., commanding general

Maj. Gen. Andrew O'Donnell Jr., commanding general

Maj. Gen. Andrew O'Donnell Jr., commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, addresses Marines and Sailors with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 before a rededication ceremony aboard Camp Bastion,... More

Cpl. Thomas Dragonetti, a mobile maintenance facility

Cpl. Thomas Dragonetti, a mobile maintenance facility

Cpl. Thomas Dragonetti, a mobile maintenance facility technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 and Discovery Bay, Calif., native, keeps an eye on the movement of a mobile maintenance facility aboar... More

Staff Sgt. James Fishburne, a Marine Air Traffic Control

Staff Sgt. James Fishburne, a Marine Air Traffic Control

Staff Sgt. James Fishburne, a Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team leader with Marine Air Control Squadron 1 and Waverly Hall, Ga., native, communicates from the air traffic control tower aboard Forward Opera... More

Lance Cpl. Jordan Deraitus, a technical engineer specialist

Lance Cpl. Jordan Deraitus, a technical engineer specialist

Lance Cpl. Jordan Deraitus, a technical engineer specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 and Cornell, Wis., native, measures the slope of a helicopter landing zone near Combat Outpost Paserlay, Afghani... More

Marines greet the last Marine Light Attack Helicopter

Marines greet the last Marine Light Attack Helicopter

Marines greet the last Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 flight section on the flight line aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, May 15. HMLA-469 assumed control of combat operations in a midnight transfe... More

Sgt. Enrique Zamora, a crew chief from Los Fresnos,

Sgt. Enrique Zamora, a crew chief from Los Fresnos,

Sgt. Enrique Zamora, a crew chief from Los Fresnos, Texas, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, struggles to see through a thick dust storm over southwestern Afghanistan May 17. The squadron supported veh... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 return from

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 return from

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 return from familiarizing themselves with the downward thrust of a Kaman K1200, or "K-MAX," unmanned helicopter during initial testing in Helmand province, Afghanistan,... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 return from

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 return from

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 return from familiarizing themselves with the downward thrust of a Kaman K1200, or "K-MAX," unmanned helicopter during initial testing in Helmand province, Afghanistan,... More

Lance Cpl. Lucas Smith (left) and Cpl. Andrew Haislip

Lance Cpl. Lucas Smith (left) and Cpl. Andrew Haislip

Lance Cpl. Lucas Smith (left) and Cpl. Andrew Haislip (right). Smith is an Austin, Texas, native, and avionics electrician. Haislip is a Napa Valley, Calif., native and avionics electrician.

Lance Cpl. Eric Rufino. Rufino is a native of Whittier,

Lance Cpl. Eric Rufino. Rufino is a native of Whittier,

Lance Cpl. Eric Rufino. Rufino is a native of Whittier, Calif., and a power line mechanic with VMGR-352.

Lance Cpl. Seamus Clarke, a crew chief with Marine

Lance Cpl. Seamus Clarke, a crew chief with Marine

Lance Cpl. Seamus Clarke, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 and Binghamton, N.Y., native, performs aerial reconnaissance over Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 20. Clarke is on his... More

The first AV-8B Harrier jet from Marine Attack Squadron

The first AV-8B Harrier jet from Marine Attack Squadron

The first AV-8B Harrier jet from Marine Attack Squadron 211 lands aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, July 1. The landing, conducted by the squadron commanding officer Lt. Col. Chris Raible, marked the squadron's... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 carries an M777 Howitzer from the Kajaki dam area back to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Aug. 5. The squadron, known as “Cyclops,” teamed with landi... More

Volunteers from California State University Long Beach

Volunteers from California State University Long Beach

Volunteers from California State University Long Beach rally participants to the first Battleship Benefit Ride for Fallen Soldiers in San Pedro, Calif., Nov. 4. The students organized the ride for a class proje... More

The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is decked out for

The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is decked out for

The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego is decked out for the holiday season with trees, garland and lights around the historic property. The Hotel del Coronado also features a beachside ice skating rink.

A selection of longboards is laid out at Robb Field

A selection of longboards is laid out at Robb Field

A selection of longboards is laid out at Robb Field Skate Park in San Diego Dec. 9 before the 4th annual Skate for the Troops event. Approximately 50 participants and supporters came to the event to raise money... More

Major Gen. Steven W. Busby, the commanding general

Major Gen. Steven W. Busby, the commanding general

Major Gen. Steven W. Busby, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, presents a Certificate of Commendation to the family of the late Col. William Kay Snyder aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, ... More

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing salute the colors

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing salute the colors

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing salute the colors aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 18. Each month, the station celebrates the colors with a different theme.

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, addresses Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 13 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., May 6. Busby visited the air station to r... More

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, inspects a Marine with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 10. While inspecting e... More

Tim Lickness, a retired Army first lieutenant and Pasadena,

Tim Lickness, a retired Army first lieutenant and Pasadena,

Tim Lickness, a retired Army first lieutenant and Pasadena, Calif., native, presented books and photos of his time in the Vietnam War during the second Warriors of the Faith meeting at the chapel aboard Marine ... More

Sgt. Efrain Melecio, an aviation logistics information

Sgt. Efrain Melecio, an aviation logistics information

Sgt. Efrain Melecio, an aviation logistics information management support specialist with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 and Chicago native, prepares to leave his shop aboard Marine Corps Air Station Mir... More

Paige Prior, a freelance photographer and Iowa City,

Paige Prior, a freelance photographer and Iowa City,

Paige Prior, a freelance photographer and Iowa City, Iowa, native, takes photos of her husband, Sgt. Christopher Prior, while he leads an evening colors ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.,... More

Lance Cpl. Jessie Camacho, an aviation electronics

Lance Cpl. Jessie Camacho, an aviation electronics

Lance Cpl. Jessie Camacho, an aviation electronics technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 and New Haven, Conn., native, learns about the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing committed and engaged leadership i... More

Sgt. William McGregor, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Sgt. William McGregor, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Sgt. William McGregor, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general's driver and Stockton, Calif., native, proposes to his long-time girlfriend, Julie Terry, a San Diego native, after throwing the first pitc... More

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Maj. Gen. Steven Busby, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing commanding general, explains the main points of his committed and engaged leadership initiative to Marines aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Ca... More

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