The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: More
FORWARD OPERATING BASE ZEEBRUGGE, Helmand province, Afghanistan—A battlefield memorial is set up in memory of Pfc. Josue Ibarra. A ceremony was held June 28 in memory of Ibarra, a cannoneer with 2nd Battalion, More
Kenya Thomas, who lives in Daphne, Ala., uses her home sewing machine to sew 150 pillows, one for every member of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, while they are deployed in Afghanistan. After More
Don Downer, a retired Marine who joined in 1946, holds his 1,400th care package he’s sent out since he began sending them to deployed service members in 2008. This package was sent to Capt. Matthew Richie, Echo More
Sergeant Robert Leshinsky, a North Tonawanda, N.Y., native and an ammunition technician with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, orders, issues, and tracks all munitions for his battery. He is co More
Navy seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 receive a pre-mission security brief from Marine Corps Sgt. Eric D. Colley, from Middleton, Ohio, assigned to Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion 11th Mar More
Lance Cpl. Kevin M. Dominguez attaches fuses to high-explosive rounds Jan. 30 in the East Fuji Maneuver Area during the live-fire portion of Exercise Fire Dragon 13-2. The high-explosive rounds were the primary More
Marines prepare to fire high-angle shots from M777 A2 155 mm howitzers Jan. 31 in the East Fuji Maneuver Area during Exercise Fire Dragon 13-2. During the live-fire portion of the exercise, Marines practiced fi More
Lance Cpl. Cody Hill, a radio operator serving with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, gives fire commands to Marine mortarmen on the gun line. Hill, a 22-year-old-native of Brockport, N.Y., is More
Lance Cpl. William Jordan, a forward observer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, plots coordinates for targets before executing a firing mission during the unit's pre-deployment training here, Ap More
As 1st Lt. Ealy, the executive officer of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment and Cpl. Matthew Palmer, cannoneer, Echo Battery, 2nd Bn., 12th Marine Regiment stand at attention, 1st Sgt. Enrique L More
The 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Color Guard takes to the field for the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade change of command ceremony held here July 10.
A Landing Craft, Air-Cushioned (LCAC) pulls ashore to transport Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment and members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force to San Clemente Island to conduct live-fire mo More
U.S. Marines with Task Force Spartan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Taji, Iraq, before heading to Kara Soar for their mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve More
Marines with Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and military police with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st MEU, conduct non-lethal weapons trainin More
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey (USMC) prepares to land during 10th Marines Regimental Firing Exercise (REGFIREX) 1-17 on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 15, 2017. REGFIREX is a regiment level exercise designed to in More
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii-U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Conley, a sensor manager team leader with the 14th Missile Defense Battery, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, U.S. Army Pacific and the 94th More
A U.S. Marine with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines Regiment waits for a CH-53E Super Stallion to land during Weapons and Tactics Instructors Course (WTI) 1-18 at Yuma, Ariz., on Sept. 30, 2017. WTI is More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, and British soldiers with 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery, demonstrate proper handling procedures of the M249 Squa More
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. James Ayule, the commanding officer of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, speaks with his Marines at Salisbury, England, July 2, 2018. Marines More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, set up an M777 Howitzer at Salisbury, England, July 2, 2018. Marines with the unit conducted live-fire exercises More
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Nunez, the battery gunnery sergeant of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, explains proper firing procedures of the M777 Howitzer to More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer at Salisbury, England, July 5, 2018. Marines with the unit conducted live-fire exercises us More
British Army Commando Maj. Darren Middleton, a chaplain with 29 Commando Regiment, gives an invocation during a barbeque at Salisbury, England, July 6, 2018. Marines with the unit took a break during exercise G More
Swedish military members check out a U.S. Marine Corp M249 squad automatic weapon during exercise Green Cannon 18 at Salisbury, England, July 10, 2018. Green Cannon is a multinational training exercise providin More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer at Salisbury, England, July 11, 2018. Marines with the unit conducted live-fire exercises u More
An Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division M-777 Howitzer sits with a layer of frost before a long convoy to start Exercise Trident Juncture 18, near Voll, Norway, Oct. 29, 2018. More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines, 2D Marine Division, set up a M777A2 Light Towed Howitzer during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in Driva, Norway on Nov. 2, 2018. Trident Juncture is a More
Marines with Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, prepare for embassy reinforcement training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 5, 2018. BLT 1/4 is the Ground Combat Element for t More
U.S. Marines and Royal Thai Marines lift each other’s flags following a live fire event of Exercise Cobra Gold 19, Camp Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut District, Thailand, Feb. 14, 2019. Cobra Gold 19 demonstr More
Marines with Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, stand in formation during a Change of Command ceremony at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 12, 2019. During the ceremony, Capt. M More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, host a 21-Gun Salute on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 27, 2019. The 21-Gun Salute, held in hornor of Memorial Day in More
SAGAMIHARA, Japan – Nine Soldiers and noncommissioned officers assigned to various units throughout 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade gather during the Pacific Guardian of the Quarter Competition closing cerem More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, conduct a 21-gun salute at William Pendleton Thomas Field on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 17, 2020. The ceremo More
U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper meets with Soldiers assigned to Echo Battery, Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Task Force Talon who maintain and operate the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) More
FORWARD OPERATING BASE ZEEBRUGGE, Helmand province, Afghanistan—Marines from 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, kneel and bow their heads to pay their respects to Pfc. Josue Ibarra, a former member of their squad. The Mar More
Sergeant Robert Leshinsky, a North Tonawanda, N.Y., native and an ammunition technician with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, holds three jobs within the battery. He joined the Marine Corps in More
Marine Corps Sgt. Eric D. Colley, from Middleton, Ohio, assigned to Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion 11th Marines out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., gives a pre-mission security brief through an interpreter to members o More
Marines fire shots from M777 A2 155 mm howitzers Jan. 31 in the East Fuji Maneuver Area during Exercise Fire Dragon 13-2. During the live-fire portion of the exercise, Marines practiced firing at various angles More
Marines fire high-angle shots from M777 A2 155 mm howitzers Jan. 31 in the East Fuji Maneuver Area during Exercise Fire Dragon 13-2. During the live-fire portion of the exercise, Marines practiced firing at var More
Lance Cpl. Taylor Martin, a field artillery cannoneer and an ammunition technician serving with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, loads a white phosphorus round into the M-327 Towed Rifle Morta More
Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, builds a concealed observation post while conducting a training and readiness examination during a live-fire exercis More
Capt. Morris Sharber Jr. (left), commanding officer of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, receives a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal from Sgt. Maj. Paul Davis, battalion sergeant major, More
Corporal Nikolas Quintero, a motor vehicle operator, and Lance Cpl Sergio Manzano, a field artillery cannoneer, both with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, tighten fuzes on More
U.S. Marines with Battery "E", 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment and members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force travelled to San Clemente Island where they conducted live-fire mortar training as part of E More
U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters escort two CH-47 Chinook helicopters carrying U.S. Marines with Task Force Spartan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), over Taji, Iraq, as they head to Kara Soar f More
Cpl. Jordan Stamper, a field artillery cannoneer with Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participates in non-lethal weapons training at Camp Hansen More
U.S. Marines with Battery H, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conduct a direct fire mission during 10th Marine's Regimental Firing Exercise (REGFIREX) 1-17 on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb, 1 More
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii-U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Turchio, a small arms repair specialist with 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, the 94th AAMDC More
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion delivers a Humvee during Weapons and Tactics Instructors Course (WTI) 1-18 at Yuma, Ariz., on Sept. 30, 2017. WTI is a seven week training event hosted by Marine Aviati More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mallek Alqaryouti, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, demonstrates proper firing techniques with the M249 Squad Autom More
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Nunez, left, the battery gunnery sergeant of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, discusses the Chief of Section Display of the M777 More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer at Salisbury, England, July 2, 2018. Marines with the unit conducted live-fire exercises us More
A British Army soldier with 1st Royal Horse Artillery looks through a 137A2 Pantel telescope at Salisbury, England, July 3, 2018. U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, fire a nM777 Howitzer at Salisbury, England, July 5, 2018 .Marines with the unit conducted live-fire exercises us More
Celebratory cakes are displayed in honor of the foreign nations involved in exercise Green Cannon 18, at Salibury, England, July 6, 2018. U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd More
Swedish military members check out a U.S. Marine Corps M240B machine gun during exercise Green Cannon 18 at Salisbury, England, July 10, 2018. Green Cannon is a multinational training exercise providing U.S. Ma More
155mm ammunition are prepared prior to a live-fire exercise as part of Green Cannon 18 at Salisbury, England, July 11, 2018. U.S. Marines with Echo battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Divis More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, convoy to the first notional firing position during Exercise Trident Juncture 18, near Voll, Norway, Oct. 29, 2018. Trid More
A U.S. Marine with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines, 2D Marine Division, receives coordinates to enter into a M777A2 Light Towed Howitzer during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in Driva, Norway on Nov. 2, More
An M795 high explosive projectile during a live fire event of Exercise Cobra Gold 19, Camp Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut District, Thailand, Feb. 14, 2019. Cobra Gold 19 is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored exercise t More
SAGAMIHARA, Japan –Staff Sgt. Alfred Taitano (left), Patriot fire control enhanced operator/maintainer, and Spc. Isaac Swilling (right), petroleum supply specialist, both with Echo Battery, 3rd Air Defense Arti More
FORWARD OPERATING BASE ZEEBRUGGE, Helmand province, Afghanistan—A rifle detail with 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, presents arms after rendering a 21-gun salute. The Marines of Echo Battery, 2/12, gathere More
Sergeant Robert Leshinsky, a North Tonawanda, N.Y., native and an ammunition technician with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, is currently on his third deployment. He was introduced to the Mar More
A 155 mm round comes out of an M777 A2 155 mm howitzer Jan. 31 in the East Fuji Maneuver Area during Exercise Fire Dragon 13-2. During the live-fire portion of the exercise, Marines practiced firing at various More
Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, calls in a fire mission to the gun line while conducting a training and readiness examination during a live-fire exe More
Corporal Dorian Santana, a field artillery cannoneer and an assistant mortar section chief serving with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, loads a high explosive round into the M-327 Towed Rifle More
Marines and sailors of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment stand in parade rest during the battery's deactivation ceremony at Dewey Square, May 21, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Wong)
Lance Cpl Frank Delawder, a gunner with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, looks through the sight of an M-137 Panoramic Telescope attached to the M-777 lightweight 155mm ho More
U.S. Marines with Task Force Spartan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), offload from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during their insert into Kara Soar, while conducting their mission in support of Operation Inh More
U.S. Marines with Battery H, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, carry 155mm high explosive projectiles during a direct fire mission supporting 10th Marine's Regimental Firing Exercise (RE More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Francisco Munguiaandrade, a field artillery Marine with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, awaits the landing of a CH-53E Super Stallion during Weapons and Tactics I More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fire an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during a machine gun range as part of exercise Green Cannon 18 at Bulford Camp More
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. James Ayule, the commanding officer of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, discusses the M777 Howitzer with British Army Commando Lt. Col. Mark More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, prepare to fire an M777 Howitzer at Salisbury, England, July 2, 2018. Marines with the unit conducted live-fire e More
British Army Solider Bdr. Sean Kenward, a fire support team assistant with 1st Royal Horse Artillery, explains the Warrior 514 observation post Variant to U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Mar More
British service members observe as U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer at Salisbury, England, July 5, 2018. Marines with the un More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, and foreign service members line up to receive food during a barbeque at Salisbury, England, July 6, 2018. Marine More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. James Sneed, right, assistant platoon sergeant with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), 2nd Marine Division, discusses the capabilities of the M777 Howitzer with Swe More
U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, emplace their M-777 Howitzer during Exercise Trident Juncture 18, near Voll, Norway, Oct. 30, 2018. Trident Juncture 18 More
A U.S. Marine with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines, 2D Marine Division, sets up an OE-254 antenna during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in Driva, Norway on Nov. 2, 2018. Trident Juncture is a multinatio More
Sgt. Mark Smith, a military working dog handler, controls his partner, Oohio, during embassy reinforcement training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 5, 2018. Smith is a native of Chester, West Virginia and More
Marines with Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, load an M777 Howitzer during a live fire event of Exercise Cobra Gold 19, Camp Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut District, Thailand, More
SAGAMIHARA, Japan – Staff Sgt. Alfred Taitano (right), Patriot fire control enhanced operator/maintainer, and Spc. Isaac Swilling (left), petroleum supply specialist, both with Echo Battery, 3rd Air Defense Art More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kevon Henderson, a field artillery connoneer with with Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, loads a 105 mm M101A1 Howitzer during a 21-gun salute at Wil More
FORWARD OPERATING BASE ZEEBRUGGE, Helmand province, Afghanistan—The Marines of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, stand silent in formation as individual Marines step forward to the podium to re More
Lance Cpl. Luis Herrera, a forward observer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, sketches the terrain before conducting a training and readiness examination during a live-fire exercise here, April More