Makin Island

Original caption: U.S. Raid on Makin Island, August 1942. CUTTING "Good Luck" cake in wardroom of USS Nautilus. Left to Right W. H. Brookman, Jr., Lt. Comdr, USN, Commanding officer Lt. Col. E. F. Carlson USMC More

Original caption: U.S. Raid on Makin Island, August 1942. Shore Line of Makin Island, seen through periscope of USS Nautilus. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Original caption: U.S. Raid on Makin Island, August 1942. Marine Commandos on USS Nautilus standing by to go on top side for raid on Makin Island. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Original caption: U.S. Raid on Makin Island, August 1942. Corp. Vernon F. Paulstick, USMC, a Marine Commando aboard USS Nautilus going to top side for raid on Makin Island. General Photographic File of the Depa More

Original caption: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (back to camera) is first on board USS Argonaut as she docks in Pearl Harbor after participating in raid on Makin Island, Aug., 1942. He is shaking hands with Major J More

Original caption: Burning of gasoline stowage on Makin Island after Marine Commando raid. Shot from USS Nautilus (SS-168) waiting to take Marines off island. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

Original caption: U.S. Raid on Makin Island, August 1942. Marine Commandos aboard USS Nautilus; entering Pearl Harbor after raid on Makin Island. General Photographic File of the Department of Navy

The original caption reads: Photograph of Agena on tether; clouds over water: Makin Island, Gilbert Group; taken during the Gemini XII mission on November 13,1966. GMT time was 20:21. Original magazine number More

The original caption reads: Photograph of Agena on tether; clouds over water: Makin Island, Gilbert Group; taken during the Gemini XII mission on November 13,1966. GMT time was 20:20. Original magazine number More

The original caption reads: Photograph of Agena on tether; clouds over water: Makin Island, Gilbert Group; taken during the Gemini XII mission on November 13,1966. GMT time was 20:20. Original magazine number More

The original caption reads: Photograph of Agena on tether; clouds over water: Makin Island, Gilbert Group; taken during the Gemini XII mission on November 13,1966. GMT time was 20:20. Original magazine number More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Borthwick Mortuary State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MARFORPAC Scene Camera Operator: SGT Du More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Borthwick Mortuary State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MARFORPAC Scene Camera Operator: SGT Du More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Borthwick Mortuary State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MARFORPAC Scene Camera Operator: SGT Du More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gulf Region Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Shawn P. Eklund, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Shawn P. Eklund, USN Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Shawn P. Eklund, USN Release Status: Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Shawn P. Eklund, USN Release Status: Relea More

Pre-Commissioning Unit Makin Island departs the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Gulf Coast shipyard for five days of Builder's Trials to tests a wide variety of systems and equipment. More than 100 Makin Island S More

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans performs a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment ship USNS Yukon. New Orleans and embarked Marines from More

Navy Lt. Nathan Zundel, left, assesses a simulated casualty on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island here Sept 5 during a mass casualty evacuation exercise. Zundel, 33, who hails from Farmington, Utah, is th More

Cpl. Nathan Labrum, left, and Cpl. Forrest Stember conduct communication checks aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island here Sept. 29. Labrum, 22, hails from Marysville, Wash. Stember, 23, hails from Po More

Lance Cpl. Eric W. Lunau reloads his weapon during a combat marksmanship course. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit logistics combat element is embarked aboard the Makin Island amphibious ready group. (U.S. Mar More

Sailors assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) secure an anchor as the ship arrives in Abu Dhabi for a port visit. New Orleans and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine E More

Seaman David Griffinhall signals green well for Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1681 to depart the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). Pearl Harbor and embarked Marines from the More

The unit is deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime sec More

Lt. Cmdr. Brian Ponce provides an overview of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island's hybrid propulsion system to Deputy Secretary of Defense the Honorable Ashton Carter, left, and Secretary of the Navy More

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee speaks with Chief Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) Kevin Cross during a tour of a landing craft air cushion as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2012. San Francisco Fleet More

Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to leave Pier 30/32 on a convoy to Alameda, Calif., to assist with static display preparation near More

Cpl. Luis Villalobos (left), a heavy equipment mechanic with Maintenance Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native Phoenix works with his fellow Marines to use steel More

Members of the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard parade the colors during a U.S. Navy Band concert at Jack London Square to honor East Bay Veterans as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2012. San Francisco Fleet Week i More

Geoff Collins, former USS Hornet Marine detachment executive officer and member of the board of directors of the San Francisco Fleet Week Association, visits the stateroom he once shared with his commanding off More

Lance Cpl. William Capra, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Overbrook Kan. native, shows a visitor a M240B medium machinegun, atop a Light Armored Ve More

CH-53E Super Stallions from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sit at the air station at Iwo To, Japan, as part of the MEU’s WESTPAC 14-2 deployment in the 7th Fl More

Sailors aboard the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) prepare to depart Mina Salman Pier, Bahrain. Comstock is part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, More

Landing craft air cushion (LCAC) 75 departs the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) during an equipment offload. San Diego is a part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group More

160124-N-UT455-266 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2016) The casket of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Kyle G. Sutton, from Memphis, Tennessee, is committed to the sea during his burial-at-sea held in the ship’s well dec More

160124-N-UT455-265 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2016) The casket of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Kyle G. Sutton, from Memphis, Tennessee, is committed to the sea during his burial-at-sea held in the ship’s well dec More

160124-N-UT455-008 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2016) Pallbearers from the USS Makin Island’s (LHD 8) chief petty officer mess remove the national ensign from the casket of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Kyle G. Sutt More

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (October 21, 2016) - A Marine fires an M4A1 at targets during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s sustainment exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawai More

SABAH PROVINCE, Malaysia (November 11, 2016) – Lt. Russell Paloian, a medical officer, examines the throat of a child during a medical civil affairs project during Exercise Tiger Strike 2016 in Sabah Province, More

SABAH PROVINCE, Malaysia (November 13, 2016) Malaysian soldiers with 7th Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment call for suppressive fire while conducting the final exercise during Exercise Tiger Strike 2016 in Sabah More

SABAH PROVINCE, Malaysia (November 13, 2016) A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, sights in with his rifle while conducting the final exercise during Exercise Tiger Strike 2016 in Sa More

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Dec. 12, 2016) U.S. Marines with Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, play football with local children during Exercise A More

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (Dec. 12, 2016) An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), launches into the Gulf of Aden dur More

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MANAMA, Bahrain (Jan. 10, 2016) U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Carson Clover, an MV-22 tiltrotor airframe mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, plays a game wi More

MANAMA, BAHRAIN (Jan. 12, 2017) Ensign Kayla Inouye, from Indian Trail, N.C., right, takes part in a game of charades with residents of the Filipino Resource Center at the Embassy of the Philippines in Bahrain. More

170311-N-LI768-1000 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 11, 2017) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Paul Cayce, from Zanesville, Ohio, observes operations from an MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to Helicopt More

170410-N-AA175-152 HONG KONG (April 10, 2017) U.S. Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau Kurt W. Tong delivers remarks to distinguished guests from Hong Kong during a reception held aboard the amphibious assaul More

170512-N-LI768-668 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 12, 2017) MV-22B Osprey, assigned to the Ridge Runners of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), fly to Camp Pendleton, Calif., as the amphibious transpor More

170512-N-LI768-569 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 12, 2017) A landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, approaches the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25). Somerset, a part of the Makin More

190407-N-LR905-1008 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 7, 2020) – Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd class William Elmore prepares to tow an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 6, 2020) – USS Somerset (LPD 25) participates in an amphibious ready group drill while conducting routine operations in the eastern Pacific . The Makin Island Amphibous Ready Group includes More

201103-M-ZN327-1008 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2020) – U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit receive USO care packages during an event dedicate More

Cpl. Hunter Brenius conducts communication checks aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island here Sept. 29. Brenius, 23, is from Lufkin, Texas, and serves as a scout sniper team leader with Weapons Company More

A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 departs the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18). New Orleans and embarked Marines assigned to the 1 More

A Marine sorts mail aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) during a replenishment at sea. Pearl Harbor and embarked Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) are on d More

The unit is deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime sec More

Rear Adm. Gerard P. Hueber, right, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, speaks with San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee during a tour of a landing craft air cushion as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2012. San More

Staff Sgt. Brandon Hefner, 1st Platoon sergeant, Alpha Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, dons his gear and prepares to leave Pier 30/32 in a Light Armored Assa More

Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, work to lift a 3 ton slab of reinforced concrete off the ground and create a cribbing structure during urban search and re More

Members of the U.S. Navy Region Southwest Band perform during a concert at Jack London Square to honor East Bay Veterans as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2012. San Francisco Fleet Week is scheduled from Oct. More

(Center) Paul, age five, collects a lanyard and water bottle he earned from the Bay Area Marine Corps Recruiters after performing several pull-ups on a pull up bar at the Alameda static display as part of the 2 More

Geoff Collins, former USS Hornet Marine detachment executive officer and member of the board of directors of the San Francisco Fleet Week Association, visits the nuclear weapons storage area he and his Marines More

A CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, flies past Mount Suribachi Aug. 16 at Iwo To, Japan, as part of the MEU’s WESTPAC 14-2 deployment More

Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAV) attached to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepare to disembark from the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) to practice proficiencies. Comstock is part of the Ma More

Gunner’s Mate Seaman Recruit Brendena Kyles, from Chester, N.Y., stands watch on the bridge wing of amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) during an equipment offload. San Diego is a part of the More

160124-N-UT455-061 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2016) Marines attached to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit render a 21-gun salute for former shipmate Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Kyle G. Sutton, from Memphis, Ten More

160124-N-UT455-253 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2016) The casket of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Kyle G. Sutton, from Memphis, Tennessee, rests on the stern gate before being committed to the sea during his burial- More

SABAH PROVINCE, Malaysia (November 11, 2016) – Petty Officer 1st Class Luisa Asuncion, a hospital corpsman, talks with Malaysian Armed Forces medics during Exercise Tiger Strike 2016 in Sabah Province, Malaysia More

SABAH PROVINCE, Malaysia (November 13, 2016) Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, sight in with their weapons while conducting the final exercise during Exercise Tiger Strike 2016 in More

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (Dec. 18, 2016) U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their light armored vehicles More

MANAMA, Bahrain (Jan. 10, 2016) U.S. Navy Lt. Shawn Redmon, a chaplain with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, assists students with a coloring book during a visi More

170311-N-LI768-1125 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (March 11, 2017) Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) attach supplies to an MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Co More

170512-N-LI768-668 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 12, 2017) MV-22B Osprey, assigned to the Ridge Runners of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), fly to Camp Pendleton, Calif., as the amphibious transpor More

200401-N-GV721-1043 SAN DIEGO (April 1, 2020) – The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island’s (LHD 8) Chiefs Mess poses for a photo on the flight deck in honor of the 127th Chief Petty Officer birthday. Makin More

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 8, 2020) – An MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island’s (LHD 8). Ma More

201103-M-ZN327-1019 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2020) – U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kevin Quispe, a machine gunner with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives a care pac More

MANAMA, Bahrain (Jan. 10, 2016) U.S. Marines and Sailors with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit pose for a photo with students during a visit to the Regional Institute of Active Learning in Manama, Bahrain, Jan. 1 More

200410-N-LR905-1833 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 11, 2020) – USS Freedom (LCS 1) is conducting routine operations in the eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob D. Bergh)

Cpl. Elliott Graves conducts communication checks aboard the amphibious assault ship Makin Island here Sept. 29. Graves, 22, is from Huachuca City, Ariz., and serves as a radio operator with Weapons Company, Ba More

An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island's flight deck here Oct. 3. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked the Makin Island, the More

Ensign Lisa Kim uses a stadimeter aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) to judge the distance between Pearl Harbor and the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pat More

The unit is deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime sec More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brad Olton (right), a corpsman with Medical Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and native of Kingston, Jamaica, learns from Lt. Steve McPartlan, wi More

Rear Adm. Gerard P. Hueber, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, delivers remarks during a U.S. Navy Band concert at Jack London Square to honor East Bay Veterans as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2012. More

Geoff Collins, former USS Hornet Marine detachment executive officer and member of the board of directors of the San Francisco Fleet Week Association, reminisces inside the leisure area his Marines used while s More

(Left) Lance Cpl. Dionte McClain, a motor transport mechanic with Maintenance Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Tampa Bay Fla. native, shows Paul, age 11, the different More

Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAV) attached to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepare to disembark from the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) to practice proficiencies. Comstock is part of the Ma More

160124-N-UT455-140 PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2016) Pallbearers from the USS Makin Island’s (LHD 8) chief petty officer mess fold the national ensign from the casket of Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Kyle G. Sutton More

160322-N-WY954-108SAN DIEGO (March 22, 2016) – Lt.j.g Michael Pryor (right), from Winston, California, gives a tour of USS Makin Island’s (LHD 8) engineering plant to Basic Division Officer Course students from More

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (October 21, 2016) - Seaman Cody McDonald exits a passageway before conducting squad rushes during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s sustainment exercise aboard More

SABAH PROVINCE, Malaysia (November 11, 2016) – A CH-53E Super Stallion lands at the designated landing zone during Exercise Tiger Strike 2016 in Sabah Province, Malaysia, Nov. 11. Tiger Strike 16 is an opportun More

SABAH PROVINCE, Malaysia (November 13, 2016) A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, sights in with his rifle while conducting the final exercise during Exercise Tiger Strike 2016 in Sa More

DJIBOUTI (Dec. 13, 2016) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan Bakker an automatic rifleman with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides suppressive fire d More

190407-N-DC740-1008 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 7, 2020) – USS San Diego (LPD 22) and USS Somerset (LPD 25) conduct routine operations in the eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Cla More

201103-M-ZN327-1074 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 3, 2020) – U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gustavo Bastidavillalobos, an airframe mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, More

The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201), center, conducts a simultaneous replenishment at sea with the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), left, and More

Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit drive a convoy of Humvees and Light Armored Vehicles through Oakland, to assist with static display preparation in Alameda, Calif., near the USS Hornet, Oct. 4, 2 More