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Reborn: Marine shares struggle with combat injuries, life now October 25, 2013 — Some may dread recalling the day of their brush with death, but Sgt. Rafael Cervantes Jr. embraces it as his second birthday. After conducting a house search in Bakwa District, Farah province, Afghanistan, then Cpl. Rafael Cervantes Jr., a motor transport mechanic with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, took the wheel of a mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle and hit an improvised explosive device. MORE

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Getting to know the dog behind the handler December 19, 2019 — Imagine putting your life into the paws of a Labrador retriever or German shepherd. Would you feel safe? “Don is like a lifeline to me and our bond is everything. I would most definitely, one hundred percent, put my life in his paws,” said U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Zachary Devaney, a military working dog handler with the Provost Marshal’s Office, Security and Emergency Services Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. “I’m just glad that he is here with me.” MORE

Recon Challenge 2019: Team LOWLIFE proves bonds not broken by time May 15, 2019 — On October 26, 2010, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathon Blank, a reconnaissance Marine, with 1st Force Recon, 1st Marine Division was gathering intelligence on a suspected Taliban compound during Operation Enduring Freedom. MORE

1/3 conducts CAAT mounted patrol during Exercise Bougainville I March 19, 2018 — U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment conducted combined anti-armor team mounted patrols during Exercise Bougainville I at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, March 15, 2018. MORE

2nd EOD company conducts excavation range July 21, 2016 — Marines with 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion conducted an MORE

U.S. Soldiers explain, demonstrate unmanned aerial vehicle concepts to Mongolian Armed Forces May 27, 2016 — U.S. Soldiers with 8th Military Police Brigade conducted a demonstration on unmannned aerial MORE

Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise Khaan Quest 2016 commences with opening ceremony May 23, 2016 — The Mongolian Armed Forces and U.S. Pacific Command are hosting the multinational peacekeeping MORE

EOD Marines teach CLB-2 Marines about IEDs in preparation for a deployment February 25, 2016 — Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 learned how to detect improvised explosive devices during MORE

Marine Corps Engineer School tests new counter-IED course February 18, 2016 — Since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, IEDs have been the primary cause of death or MORE

'Be brief. Be bold. Be gone.': A decade later, Maj. Megan M. McClung's legacy lives on December 22, 2015 — Almost a decade has past since the death of U.S. Marine Maj. Megan M. McClung but her legacy MORE

Marines maintain watchful eye during counter IED training at ITX 1-16 November 2, 2015 — Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment kept their standards high and awareness higher as MORE