Lance Cpl. Nicholas Powell, a Marine with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, prepares to throw the Unmanned Aerial System at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, March 8, 2017. The UAS is mainly used for aerial reconnaissance and can also be used for observation, local security, targeting, and prosecuting. - Lance Cpl. Nicholas Powell, a Marine with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, prepares to throw the Unmanned Aerial System at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, March 8, 2017. The UAS is mainly used for aerial reconnaissance and can also be used for observation, local security, targeting, and prosecuting.
POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii – Marines with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment’s “Black Sheep,” prepare their M777 Lightweight Towed Howitzer for a direct fire training exercise as part of Lava Viper 17.1, a staple in the battalion’s pre-deployment training on Oct. 16, 2016, at Range 13 aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. Lava Viper Provides the Hawaii-based Marines with an opportunity to conduct various movements, live-fire and tactical, integrating combined arms exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres) - POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii – Marines with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment’s “Black Sheep,” prepare their M777 Lightweight Towed Howitzer for a direct fire training exercise as part of Lava Viper 17.1, a staple in the battalion’s pre-deployment training on Oct. 16, 2016, at Range 13 aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii. Lava Viper Provides the Hawaii-based Marines with an opportunity to conduct various movements, live-fire and tactical, integrating combined arms exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres)
MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS – Lance Cpl. Justin Rumphrey, a team leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a Loganville, Georgia native, patrols through a simulated village during Exercise Island Viper aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Sept. 29, 2016. Exercise Island Viper is a 3-week-long battalion level training evolution workup that focuses on sharpening the infantry skills of the individual, team and squad. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres) - MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS – Lance Cpl. Justin Rumphrey, a team leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a Loganville, Georgia native, patrols through a simulated village during Exercise Island Viper aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Sept. 29, 2016. Exercise Island Viper is a 3-week-long battalion level training evolution workup that focuses on sharpening the infantry skills of the individual, team and squad. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres)
KAHUKU TRAINING FACILITY – Lance Cpl. Rick Mercer, a rifleman with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a St. Clair Shores, Michigan, native, loads his M240 Machine Gun for a patrol as part of a training exercise aboard the Kahuku Training Facility, Sept. 20, 2016. The exercise is part of a 7-week-long training event known as the Advance Infantry Course. The Advance Infantry Course, which is conducted by the Advance Infantry Battalion, Detachment Hawaii, is an advanced 0311 (Rifleman) Military Occupational Specialty course for squad leaders who are currently serving in the operating field. Originally only for 3rd Marine Division, the course here has opened up to various infantry units throughout the Marine Corps. Marines start with a week of proofing their prerequisites that are required for the course, confirming their basic skill sets, and then spend two weeks in a garrison environment doing course work and physical training routines geared toward the squad leader. Towards the second half of the course, Marines conduct one live fire week, followed by three consecutive weeks in the field, progressing from an urban exercise to a patrolling exercise, with offensive and defensive tactics. Marines trained in multiple areas on the island, from high in the mountains of the Kahuku Training Facility to the Military Operation in Urban Terrain facilities on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres) - KAHUKU TRAINING FACILITY – Lance Cpl. Rick Mercer, a rifleman with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a St. Clair Shores, Michigan, native, loads his M240 Machine Gun for a patrol as part of a training exercise aboard the Kahuku Training Facility, Sept. 20, 2016. The exercise is part of a 7-week-long training event known as the Advance Infantry Course. The Advance Infantry Course, which is conducted by the Advance Infantry Battalion, Detachment Hawaii, is an advanced 0311 (Rifleman) Military Occupational Specialty course for squad leaders who are currently serving in the operating field. Originally only for 3rd Marine Division, the course here has opened up to various infantry units throughout the Marine Corps. Marines start with a week of proofing their prerequisites that are required for the course, confirming their basic skill sets, and then spend two weeks in a garrison environment doing course work and physical training routines geared toward the squad leader. Towards the second half of the course, Marines conduct one live fire week, followed by three consecutive weeks in the field, progressing from an urban exercise to a patrolling exercise, with offensive and defensive tactics. Marines trained in multiple areas on the island, from high in the mountains of the Kahuku Training Facility to the Military Operation in Urban Terrain facilities on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres)
Lance Cpl. Jorge Briseno (left), 19, a wireman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a San Diego native, and Lance Cpl. Xavier Hall (right), 21, a calibrations noncommissioned officer with 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, and Shelbyville, Ky., native, pose for a photo holding their birthday cake during training exercise Lava Viper, one of the staples of their pre-deployment training, aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 22, 2015. Lava Viper provides the Hawaii-based Marines with an opportunity to conduct various movements, live-fire and tactical training before departing for Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., where the battalion will train and be evaluated as a whole. "Trinity" strives to fight and win on both the tactical and ethical battlefield, always cultivating the values of honor, courage, and commitment, ultimately producing morally guided citizens whose obligations and responsibilities supersede rights and privileges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas) - Lance Cpl. Jorge Briseno (left), 19, a wireman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a San Diego native, and Lance Cpl. Xavier Hall (right), 21, a calibrations noncommissioned officer with 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, and Shelbyville, Ky., native, pose for a photo holding their birthday cake during training exercise Lava Viper, one of the staples of their pre-deployment training, aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 22, 2015. Lava Viper provides the Hawaii-based Marines with an opportunity to conduct various movements, live-fire and tactical training before departing for Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., where the battalion will train and be evaluated as a whole. "Trinity" strives to fight and win on both the tactical and ethical battlefield, always cultivating the values of honor, courage, and commitment, ultimately producing morally guided citizens whose obligations and responsibilities supersede rights and privileges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas)
Petty Officer 3rd Class Lawrence Montoya, an aviation electronics technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24, soars throught the air as he conducts a standing long jump for distance May 18, 2015, at Pop Warner Field. Lawrence attempted the jump three times and used the longest jump of the three as his assessment score. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Khalil Ross/Released) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Lawrence Montoya, an aviation electronics technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24, soars throught the air as he conducts a standing long jump for distance May 18, 2015, at Pop Warner Field. Lawrence attempted the jump three times and used the longest jump of the three as his assessment score. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Khalil Ross/Released)
Cpl. Michael Foster and his military working dog, Nero, play before conducting detection training aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 14, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brittney Vella/Released) - Cpl. Michael Foster and his military working dog, Nero, play before conducting detection training aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 14, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brittney Vella/Released)
Capt. Penny MacCormack, a supply officer with 3rd Radio Battalion, freezes while rendering a salute during a freeze mob event April 14, 2015, at Mokapu Mall aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. When given the signal, service members froze for three minutes and held up signs containing sexual assault awareness and prevention messages, providing information ranging from statistics to some contributing factors of sexual assault. The goal of the freeze mob event was to grab the attention of bystanders and get them to notice the signs, raising awareness for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, observed in the month of April. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas/Released) - Capt. Penny MacCormack, a supply officer with 3rd Radio Battalion, freezes while rendering a salute during a freeze mob event April 14, 2015, at Mokapu Mall aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. When given the signal, service members froze for three minutes and held up signs containing sexual assault awareness and prevention messages, providing information ranging from statistics to some contributing factors of sexual assault. The goal of the freeze mob event was to grab the attention of bystanders and get them to notice the signs, raising awareness for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, observed in the month of April. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas/Released)
(From left to right:) Singaporean Lt. Col. Francis Goh, the commanding officer for the Underwater Demolition Group with Singapore’s Naval Dive Unit; Maj. Gen. James S. Hartsell, the mobilization assistant to the U.S. Pacific Command commander; and Capt. Richard Laszok, the company commander for Bravo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, watch as members of the UDG give a presentation over Singapore’s dive tactics Feb. 27, 2015 in one of the School of Infantry-West classrooms in building 223 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas/released) - (From left to right:) Singaporean Lt. Col. Francis Goh, the commanding officer for the Underwater Demolition Group with Singapore’s Naval Dive Unit; Maj. Gen. James S. Hartsell, the mobilization assistant to the U.S. Pacific Command commander; and Capt. Richard Laszok, the company commander for Bravo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, watch as members of the UDG give a presentation over Singapore’s dive tactics Feb. 27, 2015 in one of the School of Infantry-West classrooms in building 223 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas/released)