Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Bataan (LHD 3) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Major Command Shown: 26TH MEU Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Clark J. Schindler, USMC Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Bataan (LHD 3) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Major Command Shown: 26TH MEU Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Clark J. Schindler, USMC Release More

An MH-60S Seahawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 inserts a Tunisian boarding team by fast rope onto Landing Craft Utility, attached to Assault Craft Unit 2, during Phoenix Express 2008. PE-08 is More

The crew of an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 conduct helicopter rope suspension training with members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 and Explosive Ordnanc More

Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Mark Treuathan (top), Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Brian Everette and Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Thomas Dyer assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 l More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, exit a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk during a vertical assault raid exercise at Udairi Range i More

Gunnery Sgt. Louis Pope, a reconnaissance Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force, sourced from Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, prepares to read the Meda More

150524-M-YH418-006: RED SEA (May 24, 2015) - Gunnery Sergeant Louis Pope, a reconnaissance Marine with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reads the Medal of Honor citation of Lt. Michael M More

Lance Cpl. Robert Pease, a rifleman with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, guides a Humvee off the amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), Aqaba More

An MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 conducts flight operations on board Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is currently underway conducting ARG MEU-EX. (U.S. More

A Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) guides a Humvee off a Landing Craft, Air Cushioned vessel in Kuwait, Jan. 31, 2015. A contingent of 24th MEU Marines is conducting scheduled sustainment More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a live-fire range at Camp Beuhring, Kuwait, Feb. 4, 2015. A contingent of MEU Marines is ashore in Kuwait as part of sch More

Lance Cpl. Joshua Murray, a rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a training e More

Lance Cpl. Marshall Norton, right, an intelligence specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), exits a Humvee Egress Assisted Trainer (HEAT) at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Fe More

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), communicates with a Marine down the firing line during a dry-fire training evolution at Udairi Rang More

Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire a Tube Launched Optically Tracked Wire Guided Missile, during a live-fire More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stack against a building during Military Operations in Urban Terrain, or MOUT, training at More

Sgt. James Kauffman, a metal worker with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fabricates a plate to be attached to an engineer driving stake at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 14, 20 More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), post security during a vertical assault raid exercise at Udairi Range in Kuwait, Feb. More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), keep their weapons trained on simulated enemy during a raid exercise at Udairi Range More

Sergeant J Tee Hamilton, a fire controlman with India Battery, the artillery attachment for Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security at the entra More

A convoy from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), exit a training area at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 19, 2015. A contingent of MEU Mar More

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit post security during a field training exercise at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 19, 2015. A contingent of MEU Marines is ashore in Kuwait as part of scheduled sustai More

Lieutenant Cmdr. John Carter, a chaplain with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to a group of Marines during a prayer service at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 22, 2015. A contin More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, treat a simulated casualty during a training exercise at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 22, 201 More

Col. Scott F. Benedict, center, commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks with MEU Marines during a visit aboard the USS New York (LPD 21), while in port in the Kingdom of Bahrain, March More

Cpl. Marquis Jones, an embarkation specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes the oath of enlistment during his re-enlistment ceremony aboard the USS New York (LPD 21), More

Lance Cpl. Robert Aagard, an assaultman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M16 Service Rifle during a test fire exercise aboa More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit stand in formation for an award ceremony aboard the USS New York (LPD 21), March 19, 2015. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the More

Seaman Deontae Carter, a boatswain’s mate with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, guides a Logistics Vehicle System Replacement, or LSVR, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary U More

150330-M-YH418-008: DJIBOUTI (March 30, 2015) – Lance Cpl. Michael Johnson, left, a military police officer, and Cpl. Eric Davis, a field artillery fire control man, both with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit More

Lance Cpl. Austin Garrett, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, launches a RQ-11B Raven Unmanned Aircraft System, Djibouti, March 31, 2015. A continge More

A Marine with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to attach a tactical ladder to the side of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) during a routine nighttime vis More

150402-M-YH418-001: GULF OF ADEN (April 2, 2015) - Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stand in formation during a promotion ceremony aboard the amphibious transport dock More

150416-M-YH418-023: GULF OF ADEN (April 16, 2015) – Petty Officer 1st Class Petronilo Marcelo, center, a hospital corpsman and independent duty corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditio More

Sergeant Nicolas Rublein, left, a cyber network operator with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and 1stSgt. Allen Allred, Company 1stSgt, Light Armored R More

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors from the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group await a vertical replenishment-at-sea aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), April More

Lt. Cmdr. Janice Pollard, center, the commanding officer of mine countermeasures ship USS Sentry (MCM 3), briefs Sailors with the ship’s crew and Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battali More

150501-M-YH418-002: GULF OF ADEN (May 1, 2015) - Lance Cpl. McKenzie Berry, a water purification specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sings the National Anthem during a More

Tactical vehicles assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are staged in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in preparation to be transpor More

150507-N-ZZ999-001 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (May 7, 2015) Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 8, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, Detachment 1, and EOD Training and Evaluation Unit 2 c More

150512-M-YH418-001: STRAIT OF BAB AL MANDEB (May 12, 2015) - Lance Cpl. Ryan Recanati, an anti-tank missileman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expedi More

Cpl. Conner Hartman, a machine gunner with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, surveys the waters while providing security as part of a jo More

A Marine with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participates in a live-fire training exercise on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in the Gulf of More

150621-M-YH418-001: SUEZ CANAL (June 21, 2015) – Cpl. Kendall Crawford, a light armored vehicle crewman with Bravo Company, the Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment for Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receive a welcome aboard brief from Lt. Col. Christou Ioannis, commander of the 521st Marin More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrate gun drills using the M-240B machine gun, to Greek Marines with the 521st Marine More

A daughter of a Marine assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, displays a “welcome home” sign for the VMM 365 (Rein) homecoming at Marine Corps Air Station More

Sailors with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 and Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit load an MH-60 Seahawk with vital supplies from the World Food Program in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew at More

USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) sails along the coast of Onslow Beach, N.C., as U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and sailors with Amphibious Squadron 4 conduct amphibious operations during Amphib More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2017) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 conduct flight operations with SH-60S Sea Hawks from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during humanitari More

U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461, prepare to take off from the flight deck of USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Sept. 17, 2017. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Mari More

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (May 13, 2018) ) A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk with More

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (May 17, 2018) A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, carrying U.S. Marines with the Maritime Raid Force (MRF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Uni More

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (June 7, 2018) U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) scan the horizon while transiting the Bab al Mandab Strait aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault sh More

190624-N-IA905-1001 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 24, 2019) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Roque Ramirez, from Falfurrias, Texas, removes chocks and chains from an MH-60S Seahawk as it prepares to take of More

190626-N-IA905-1067 MANTA, Ecuador (June 26, 2019) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Peter Lagosh from Milwaukee, Wis., and Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Matt C. Braaten, from Virginia Beach, Va More

190715-N-IA905-1004 CALLAO, Peru (July 15, 2019) Lt. Cmdr. John Rashap, officer in charge of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 Det. 5, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), right, meets with Per More

190728-N-IA905-1011 PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (July 28, 2019) The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is anchored off the coast of Puntarenas, Costa Rica as the ship wraps up a medical mission. Comfort is working More

190818-N-IA905-1025 SANTA MARTA, Colombia (Aug. 18, 2019) Lt. Laura Collier, from Nashville, N.C., assigned to the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, pilots an MH-60S Seahawk while transporti More

An MH-60S Seahawk, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, leaves Landing Craft Utility, attached to Assault Craft Unit 2, after inserting a Tunisian boarding team by fast rope during Phoenix Express 200 More

Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Command Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit fast rope from an H-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 onto the dry cargo shi More

The crew of an MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 conduct helicopter rope suspension training with members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 and Explosive Ordnanc More

An MH-60S Knighthawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 approaches the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is conducting Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit More

Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Mark Treuathan and Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Thomas Dyer assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 lower an engine from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter aboard th More

Gunnery Sgt. Louis Pope, a reconnaissance Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force, sourced from Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, prepares to read the Meda More

150526-M-YH418-005: JORDAN (May 26, 2015) - A Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, or 7-Ton, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is guided off a Landing Craft Air Cushion, More

150524-M-YH418-011: RED SEA (May 24, 2015) – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dustin Van Hook, left, with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and 1st Lieutenant Lukas Rebertus, a platoon c More

The amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) floats off the shore of Kuwait as a contingent of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines and equipment are transported ashore for scheduled sustain More

Lance Cpl. Seth Taylor, a field radio operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M4 carbine during a live-fire range at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 4, 2015. A co More

Lance Cpl. Jacob Mclin, a rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M32 Multi Shot Grenade Launcher during a training More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shown on video monitor, are rotated in a Humvee Egress Assisted Trainer (HEAT) at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The HEAT trainer is use More

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), looks down range through a rifle combat optic during dry-fire training evolution at Udairi Range, K More

Lance Cpl. Dalyss Reed, a rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security during a movement under fire training exercise More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide security during Military Operations in Urban Terrain, or MOUT, training at Camp Bue More

Lance Cpl. Gregory Wilt, a combat engineer with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Holly Stick to locate wires to improvised explosive device More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a raid exercise at Udairi Range in Kuwait, Feb. 16, 2015. A contingent of M More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), consolidate before maneuvering toward an objective during a raid exercise at Udairi R More

Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), post security during a vertical assault raid exercise at Udairi Range in Kuwait, Feb. More

Marines with the India Battery, the artillery attachment for Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stand guard at the entrance of an evacuation control cente More

Vehicles assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), enter a simulated Forward Operating Base at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 19, 2015. A contingent of MEU Marines is ashore i More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move a simulated casualty onto a litter during a field training exercise at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 20, 2014. A contingent of MEU M More

Lance Cpl. Alan Kimball, a rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights through a rifle combat optic during a training exercise More

Col. Scott F. Benedict, right, commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, presents Lance Cpl. Seth Taylor, a field radio operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th MEU, a challenge coin fo More

Cpl. Marquis Jones, an embarkation specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is read his re-enlistment citation during his re-enlistment ceremony aboard the USS New York (LP More

Sergeant Major Joseph Reconnu, Combat Logistics Battalion 24 sergeant major, reads a Navy Commendation citation during an award ceremony aboard the USS New York (LPD 21), March 19, 2015. Sgt. Billy Haas, a fiel More

Lance Corporal Seth Taylor, a field radio operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, communicates over radio with Marines on the USS New York (LPD 21) as a Landing Craft, Air C More

Staff Sgt. Michael Espinoza, left, a landing support specialist, and Cpl. Michael Alford, a heavy equipment operator, both with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, work together to lo More

150401-M-YH418: DJIBOUTI (April 1, 2015) - Seaman Deontae Carter, a boatswain’s mate with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, guides a Rubber Tired, Articulated Steering, Multipurpose Vehicle, or TRAM, assigne More

A Marine with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, climbs a tactical ladder to board the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) during a routine nighttime visit, board, search, More

150402-M-YH418-002: GULF OF ADEN (April 2, 2015) - Marco Payan, an administrative specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is promoted to corporal during a promotion ceremo More

150416-M-YH418-024 GULF OF ADEN (April 16, 2015) – U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit bring a simulated casualty into the triage unit during a mass casualty exercise aboard the More

Sergeant Nicolas Rublein, right, a cyber network operator with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and 1stSgt. Allen Allred, Company 1stSgt, Light Armored More

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group unpack a pallet of supplies during a vertical replenishment-at-sea aboard the amphibious transport dock ship More

Sergeant Peter Gentry III, left, an anti-tank missileman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Mineman 2nd Class Christopher Dunham More

150501-M-YH418-003: GULF OF ADEN (May 1, 2015) - Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit serve in the color guard during a change of command ceremony aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Yo More

150501-M-YH418-003: GULF OF ADEN (May 1, 2015) - Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit serve in the color guard during a change of command ceremony aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Yo More

A landing craft air cushion, assigned to the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, exits the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) carrying 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit personnel an More

150512-M-YH418-002: STRAIT OF BAB AL MANDEB (May 12, 2015) - Sgt. Peter Gentry III, right, and Cpl. Michael Connell, both anti-tank missilemen with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Mar More

Lance Cpl. Ryan Recanati, an anti-tank missileman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, surveys the waters while providing security as More