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Photo By: 2nd Lt. Danielle Dixon

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AFGHANISTAN (Dec. 14, 2011) Sgt. Cody Palfreyman, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of West Valley, Utah, guides a bulldozer as it moves the berm surrounding a guard post at Firebase Saenz, Helmand province. Firebase Saenz is the first of several patrol bases being demilitarized by the Marines of 9th ESB throughout the month of December. (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryan Nygaard/Released)

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Recruiting Station Twin Cities

Lance Cpl. James M. Pinales, 23, from St. Louis, tries to slow down Sgt. Brandon C. Stott, Recruiting Substation Coon Rapids, until one of his teammates can catch up during the Recruiting Station Twin Cities Flag Football Tournament May 20. Stott is a 26-year-old Palm Beach, Fla., native. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

5/20/2011 By Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter

A Marine Corps Air Station Futenma-based CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), flies over the city here March 14 during Operation Tomodachi. Personnel with III MEF (Fwd) established a humanitarian assistance center here to assist the Government of Japan-led relief efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck mainland Japan March 11.


3/14/2011 By Gunnery Sgt. Leo A. Salinas

Ski techniques

1/25/2011 By Lance Cpl. Sarah Anderson

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms

Marines in the Scout Skiers Course practice downhill ski techniques Jan. 25, 2011, at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif. The Marines were taught multiple ski techniques, as well as winter survival skills.

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Scottish Highlander role players fire muskets during a demonstration. The Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve hosted a series of living history events on the Chalmette Battlefield in Chalmette, La., Jan. 7-8 in remembrance of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jad Sleiman)

Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan

Commandant of the Marine Corps, James F. Amos and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlton W. Kent, address a crowd of Marines and sailors at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Dec.. 23. Amos and Kent visited to say thanks to all the troops who are supporting the International Security Assistance Force and to wish them a happy holiday.

U.S. Marine Corps 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 9, 2010) Marines assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force, embarked aboard the U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque (LPD 8), board the motor vessel M/V Magellan Star during a board and seizure operation. The Marines took nine suspected pirates into custody and transferred them to the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59). The ship's eleven crew members resumed control of Magellan Star. Pirates took control of the ship Sept. 8. Dubuque is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Christopher Nodine/Released)

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Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 11, board CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters to fly from the USS Essex (LHD 2) to storm-ravaged areas of the northern Philippines to assist the government with an initial survey of damage and assessment of local populace needs, Oct. 21. The 31st MEU and PHIBRON-11 are joining with the Armed Forces of the Philippines as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development to survey villages that have been isolated since Super Typhoon Juan struck. The ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group, the USS Essex, USS Denver (LPD 9) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) have been positioned close to Northern Luzon to be available for assistance as needed.

US Marine Harrier Jet

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 17, 2010) An AV-8B Harrier jet, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 542, prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is participating in Valiant Shield 2010, a joint U.S. military exercise in the Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Casey H. Kyhl/Released)

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Cpl. James Green, gunner, native of Rochester Hills, Mich., and Lance Cpl. Vince Romandine, mortarman, native of McHenry, Illn., Mortars Section, Weapons Platoon, Company A, Landing Force Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, fire their mortar during an immediate suppression drill July 20. More than 150 Marines from the LF participated in a live fire and maneuver training exercise as part of unilateral military operations here July 19-20. Training included live fire of the M224 60mm Mortar System and Shoulder-fired Multi-purpose Assault Weapon, explosive ordnance disposal/combat engineers demolitions and assaulting an enemy position as a squad sized force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colby W. Brown)

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines(BLT 2/7), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), discuss a movement plan during a simulated helicopter raid at landing zone Dodo, March 24. The MEU conducted a tactical offload consisting of a mechanized raid, boat raid, helicopter raid and a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) exercise. This is the first time that the MEU conducted a tactical offload in Okinawa, Japan. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael A. Bianco)

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U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey

A U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (VMM-261) takes-off after unloading Marines.

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