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)
Marines with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, use amphibious assault vehicles to tear up the mud in the salvage yard wetland aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii during the annual Mud Ops environmental training exercise, Feb. 19, 2014. The CAC Marines team up with the Environmental Compliance and Protection Department each year to conduct the two to three-day exercise and tear up the mud within the Nuupia Pond Wildlife Management Area and salvage yard wetland to help preserve the comfortable living conditions of the wildlife within the areas. The result of this exercise allows the endangered Hawaiian black-necked stilt to feed and lay nests as well as making water more absorbable in the mud. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Marines with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, use amphibious assault vehicles to tear up the mud in the salvage yard wetland aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii during the annual Mud Ops environmental training exercise, Feb. 19, 2014. The CAC Marines team up with the Environmental Compliance and Protection Department each year to conduct the two to three-day exercise and tear up the mud within the Nuupia Pond Wildlife Management Area and salvage yard wetland to help preserve the comfortable living conditions of the wildlife within the areas. The result of this exercise allows the endangered Hawaiian black-necked stilt to feed and lay nests as well as making water more absorbable in the mud. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
Domestic violence victims experience more than just physical pain; they experience psychological grief as well. - Domestic violence victims experience more than just physical pain; they experience psychological grief as well.
Marines and sailors with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 leave North Beach with bags full of trash after a beach clean up and run, Sept. 25, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Marines and sailors with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 leave North Beach with bags full of trash after a beach clean up and run, Sept. 25, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke)
Participants in the Tripler Fisher House 8K Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll 2013 headdown the road at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor during the race, Sept. 7, 2013. The run annually commemorates fallen service members from each branch of the military. (Photo courtesy of David Livingston) - Participants in the Tripler Fisher House 8K Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll 2013 headdown the road at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor during the race, Sept. 7, 2013. The run annually commemorates fallen service members from each branch of the military. (Photo courtesy of David Livingston)
Cpl. Benjamin Cavanaugh, a Covington, Wash. Native and student in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course, climbs the rope of the obstacle course for a third time before moving on to the assault bayonet course at Boondocker training area, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2013. The assault bayonet course teaches Marines how to fight with a bayonet in a close-quarters environment. Marine squad advisors with the instructor course hid throughout the path, attacking the students, who must then fend them off with counter strikes. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Cpl. Benjamin Cavanaugh, a Covington, Wash. Native and student in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course, climbs the rope of the obstacle course for a third time before moving on to the assault bayonet course at Boondocker training area, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2013. The assault bayonet course teaches Marines how to fight with a bayonet in a close-quarters environment. Marine squad advisors with the instructor course hid throughout the path, attacking the students, who must then fend them off with counter strikes. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)
Marines show their enthusiasm while running in the 101 Days of Summer Nuupia Ponds Fun Run, Aug. 28, 2013. The run was the last event in the 101 Days of Summer Program which promotes a healthy lifestyle and summer safety. Units competed in several sports tournaments during the season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman) - Marines show their enthusiasm while running in the 101 Days of Summer Nuupia Ponds Fun Run, Aug. 28, 2013. The run was the last event in the 101 Days of Summer Program which promotes a healthy lifestyle and summer safety. Units competed in several sports tournaments during the season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman)
Marine Corps Base Hawaii’s Pop Warner tackle-football team, the Patriots, runs a play against the Waianae Tigers at Aloha Stadium, Aug. 24, 2013. The Patriots cheerleaders also performed during the half-time show. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman) - Marine Corps Base Hawaii’s Pop Warner tackle-football team, the Patriots, runs a play against the Waianae Tigers at Aloha Stadium, Aug. 24, 2013. The Patriots cheerleaders also performed during the half-time show. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman)