Cpl. Raymond P. Weeks, an intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, was selected as the National Military Intelligence Association’s Col. Donald G. Cook Award recipient, April 20, 2011. The award recognizes Weeks for his intelligence support to India Company, 3/3, during a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan’s Helmand province in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 21-year-old from Miami will be presented the award at the NMIA Awards Banquet in McLean, Va., May 15. - Cpl. Raymond P. Weeks, an intelligence specialist with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, was selected as the National Military Intelligence Association’s Col. Donald G. Cook Award recipient, April 20, 2011. The award recognizes Weeks for his intelligence support to India Company, 3/3, during a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan’s Helmand province in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The 21-year-old from Miami will be presented the award at the NMIA Awards Banquet in McLean, Va., May 15.
Cpl. Antonio Tellez, an administrative clerk with Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, holds his 3-month-old son before departing Marine Corps Base Hawaii on a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, April 25, 2011. Over the course of the week, approximately 550 Marine and sailors from 1/12 departed Hawaii to replace 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Unlike their last two deployments — supporting Task Forces Military Police in Iraq — 1/12 will revert back to its primary mission and provide artillery fire support to 2nd Marine Division (Forward) during ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the province. - Cpl. Antonio Tellez, an administrative clerk with Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, holds his 3-month-old son before departing Marine Corps Base Hawaii on a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, April 25, 2011. Over the course of the week, approximately 550 Marine and sailors from 1/12 departed Hawaii to replace 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Unlike their last two deployments — supporting Task Forces Military Police in Iraq — 1/12 will revert back to its primary mission and provide artillery fire support to 2nd Marine Division (Forward) during ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the province.
Force reconnaissance Marines with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company sprint into the water with their F470 Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts in preparation for hydrographic reconnaissance training at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Waimanalo, Hawaii, Jan. 13, 2011. The training was part of a weeklong jump and dive training package that brought the unit, headquartered in Alameda, Calif., together with their Hawaii-based counterparts — 4th Force’s 4th Platoon. Following a real-life mission, the data they collect — such as the size and frequency of wave crests, sediment type and slope of the beach — allows unit commanders to determine what type of landing and vehicles the beach’s composite supports, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Weissman, a hospital corpsman with 2nd Platoon, 4th Force. - Force reconnaissance Marines with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company sprint into the water with their F470 Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts in preparation for hydrographic reconnaissance training at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Waimanalo, Hawaii, Jan. 13, 2011. The training was part of a weeklong jump and dive training package that brought the unit, headquartered in Alameda, Calif., together with their Hawaii-based counterparts — 4th Force’s 4th Platoon. Following a real-life mission, the data they collect — such as the size and frequency of wave crests, sediment type and slope of the beach — allows unit commanders to determine what type of landing and vehicles the beach’s composite supports, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Weissman, a hospital corpsman with 2nd Platoon, 4th Force.
The 21-month-old daughter of Lt. Cmdr. Alan Miller, training officer, Patrol Squadron 9, waves an American flag and greets her father as he returns to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, from a six-month deployment, Nov. 16, 2010. During the deployment, VP-9 detached throughout the Navy’s 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. A group of VP-9 P-3s supported 5th Fleet maritime operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom from Isa Air Base in Bahrain. From their hub at Kadena Air Base, the remaining portion of VP-9 detached throughout the 7th Fleet AOR, working with a variety of coalition partners including Guam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. - The 21-month-old daughter of Lt. Cmdr. Alan Miller, training officer, Patrol Squadron 9, waves an American flag and greets her father as he returns to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, from a six-month deployment, Nov. 16, 2010. During the deployment, VP-9 detached throughout the Navy’s 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. A group of VP-9 P-3s supported 5th Fleet maritime operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom from Isa Air Base in Bahrain. From their hub at Kadena Air Base, the remaining portion of VP-9 detached throughout the 7th Fleet AOR, working with a variety of coalition partners including Guam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.
Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Maupai, training and operations chief, 3rd Radio Battalion, assesses the injuries of simulated casualty Seaman Brad Parkerson, a corpsman with 21st Dental Company, during a mass casualty evacuation drill at Dillingham Air Field in Mokuleia, Hawaii, Oct. 21. Moulage kits attached to the casualties’ rubber wounds poured out fake blood, forcing the Marines to properly secure dressings, bandages, tourniquets, and apply pressure before the blood from the wounds would clot. - Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Maupai, training and operations chief, 3rd Radio Battalion, assesses the injuries of simulated casualty Seaman Brad Parkerson, a corpsman with 21st Dental Company, during a mass casualty evacuation drill at Dillingham Air Field in Mokuleia, Hawaii, Oct. 21. Moulage kits attached to the casualties’ rubber wounds poured out fake blood, forcing the Marines to properly secure dressings, bandages, tourniquets, and apply pressure before the blood from the wounds would clot.
Canadian soldiers with Company G, 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, Canadian Army, move toward their next objective during a noncombatant evacuation operation at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, July 26. The NEO, an emergency evacuation involving the use of military forces and capabilities in order to provide aid, assistance and movement to safety of American citizens overseas, was conducted as part of interoperability training between coalition forces during the multi-national Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2010. - Canadian soldiers with Company G, 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, Canadian Army, move toward their next objective during a noncombatant evacuation operation at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, July 26. The NEO, an emergency evacuation involving the use of military forces and capabilities in order to provide aid, assistance and movement to safety of American citizens overseas, was conducted as part of interoperability training between coalition forces during the multi-national Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2010.
A paratrooper with 9 Royal Malay Regiment, Malaysian Army, practices room clearing techniques under the guidance of U.S. Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) July 12. The drill was part of interoperability training between coalition forces assigned to the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 3 during the multi-lateral maritime Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2010. - A paratrooper with 9 Royal Malay Regiment, Malaysian Army, practices room clearing techniques under the guidance of U.S. Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) July 12. The drill was part of interoperability training between coalition forces assigned to the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 3 during the multi-lateral maritime Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2010.
Cpl. James J. Job, a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter mechanic with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463's flight line division, stands in front of one of the countless CH-53Ds he works on daily. The meritoriously-promoted corporal performs daily and turn-around inspections on the squadron's helicopters, conducting a complete overlook of the plane's major components and integrity. Inspections typically take between two and four hours, Job said. - Cpl. James J. Job, a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter mechanic with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463's flight line division, stands in front of one of the countless CH-53Ds he works on daily. The meritoriously-promoted corporal performs daily and turn-around inspections on the squadron's helicopters, conducting a complete overlook of the plane's major components and integrity. Inspections typically take between two and four hours, Job said.
1st Lt. Kara Larsen, CH-46E Sea Knight transport helicopter pilot, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268, and 1st Lt. Erin Maxwell, UH1-N Huey utility helicopter pilot, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, watch as the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) passes by the USS Missouri in the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam port July 6. Carrying approximately 1,600 military personnel from Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tonga and the United States, the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship is one of 34 ships participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2010. As the world's largest multi-lateral maritime exercise, RIMPAC was designed to improve integration and interoperability as well as prepare forces for a wide range of potential operations and missions. - 1st Lt. Kara Larsen, CH-46E Sea Knight transport helicopter pilot, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268, and 1st Lt. Erin Maxwell, UH1-N Huey utility helicopter pilot, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, watch as the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) passes by the USS Missouri in the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam port July 6. Carrying approximately 1,600 military personnel from Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Tonga and the United States, the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship is one of 34 ships participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2010. As the world's largest multi-lateral maritime exercise, RIMPAC was designed to improve integration and interoperability as well as prepare forces for a wide range of potential operations and missions.