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Purpose in the Process: ‘America’s Battalion’ finishes training in Hawaii, prepares for Mojave Viper in California August 2, 2011 — Perched high on a rooftop overlooking a dusty bazaar road, Lance Cpl. Casey Cliff waits. At his last position, he stood static for an hour. Silently scanning the bazaar with his rifle at the ready, he’s aware he might be in this position longer. Cliff’s experience has taught him patience is necessary, and thus, he waits for his next command.Posting MORE

From Rifles to Ravens: 3/3 infantrymen cross train using unmanned aircraft systems July 12, 2011 — Carefully wielding the controls to an unmanned aircraft system pricier than his annual salary, Lance Cpl. Michael Cuneo stands static, his neck craned skyward and eyes fixed on the tiny speck as it buzzes 300 feet above him.Though Cuneo specializes as a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, his grip has temporarily MORE

Marine translates experience into action, earns prestigious award for intelligence work in Afghanistan April 29, 2011 — On his deployment to Afghanistan last year, Cpl. Raymond P. Weeks found little sleep but plenty of purpose. As an intelligence cell team leader with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Weeks worked tirelessly to train his Marines, gather information from patrols and produce company-level intelligence products in Helmand province’s MORE

Missions change, goodbyes remain the same: "Kings of Battle" Marines depart on first deployment to Afghanistan April 26, 2011 — Ceasing embraces with their loved ones for resolute grips on their rifles, approximately 550 Marines and sailors with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, loaded buses from April 25 through 30, 2011, and departed on a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan. The deployment is the artillery battalion’s first in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in MORE

Rejoining the fight: 1/3 Lava Dogs leave for Afghanistan deployment April 13, 2011 — In the shadows past dim parking lot lights outside the Marine Corps Exchange Annex on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 13, 2011, approximately 300 Marines and sailors with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, joked and laughed as they loaded rows of green and brown deployment bags into semi trucks. They were the first group of approximately 1,000 MORE

Marine Corps Warfighting Lab enhances Corps’ capabilities July 8, 2010 — Whether engaging insurgents in mountainous Afghanistan or conducting amphibious operations in the Pacific Ocean, Marines play an important role in today’s rapidly evolving world climate. To develop the Corps’ current and future warfighting capabilities, the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab is working together with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task MORE

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Marines participate in a Moldova Embassy reinforcement exercise July 24, 2017 — The Marines and a sailor with the unit had an opportunity to meet with embassy personnel for a MORE

CertEx complete: SPMAGTF ready for deployment August 29, 2016 — Marines and sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force, Crisis Response, Central MORE

"Kings of Fury" unleash Spartan Fury June 2, 2016 — Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment’s, “Kings of Battles,” conducted live-fire MORE

VMM-163 (Rein.) supports 11th MEU during Pre-deployment training May 24, 2016 — Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) supported the 11th Marine MORE

Three-gun showdown at Western Regional Combat Match April 14, 2016 — Marines from installations across the western United States came to the Combat Center to test their MORE

Preparing to march: 7th Marines conduct CALFEX April 14, 2016 — As the largest combined arms, live-fire training facility in the Marine Corps, the Marine Corps Air MORE

Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on U.S. Casualty in Iraq March 19, 2016 — Earlier today a U.S. Marine providing force protection fire support at a recently established MORE

Well-oiled, ready: Marines with LAR company maintain LAVs December 7, 2015 — A light armored vehicle is running and a crewman notices oil leaking from the engine. He notifies an MORE

Marines getting feet wet during opening of Steel Knight 2016 December 7, 2015 — The 1st Marine Division launched Steel Knight by securing beachhead at Marine Corps Base Camp MORE

Marine Corps awards $225 million contract to develop Amphibious Combat Vehicles November 24, 2015 — The Marine Corps awarded contracts to two manufacturers to build prototypes for the Engineering, MORE