AL ASAD, Iraq (June 18, 2006) - Lance Cpl. Deek B. Beachman checks oil pressure on an EA-6B Prowler belonging to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine More
1st Lt. Mike Montellano prepares for an operational check flight of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, June 7. To maintain their readiness for casualty evacuation missions, the pilots and crews More
Lance Cpl. Dawson K. Hargett carries a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter engine intake to the flight line at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, June 8. The Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268, Marine Aircraft Group 16 More
Marine Aircraft Group 16 of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar celebrated 100,000 flight hours with the MV-22 "Osprey" Feb. 18. The hours take into account total flight time from the Air Force and Marine Corps V- More
Marines from squadrons under Marine Aircraft Group 16, start their engines before a three hour, round-trip group motorcycle ride here July 15. The Marines took curvy roads to a restaurant near Lake Henshaw for More
An MV-22B Osprey taxis down the runway prior to participating in the Marine Aircraft Group 16 anniversary flight, June 28. Celebrating 60 years of assault support excellence, MAG-16 flew 12 aircraft, both MV-22 More
A Marine dressed as a clown waits to scare families in the haunted walk at the Marine Aircraft Group 16 Halloween Spooktacular aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 27. Marines and families enjo More
A Marine with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 runs with the HMH-465 guidon during the Marine Aircraft Group 16 motivational run aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 16. For motivation duri More
An MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 flies near San Diego, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013. The purpose of this flight was to practice large flight leadership tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by La More
U.S. Marines with India Company 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment board an MV-22B Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during Ope More
Keiko Wray, a wife of a Marine with Marine Aircraft Group 16, shoots an M9 service pistol at the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer during a Jane Wayne Day event aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Cali More
Children wait to watch a demonstration by Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines during a Junior Jarhead Day hosted by Marine Aircraft Group 16 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 8. Marines More
A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 Red Lions, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, tows an MV-22B Osprey to its spot aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., July 9. Once all 12 aircraft are fully pr More
Montiel Tremaine, left, a U.S. Forest Service fire captain, opens gate for Chief Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Williford of Lancaster, Calif., senior ranking official and operation coordinator of Marine Wing More
Col. Anthony Bianca, incoming commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 16, speaks during a change of command ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 8. Bianca spoke of how he looks for More
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Manlee J. Harrington, commanding officer, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), salutes Maj. Gen. Steven W. Busby More
Seamus Herrington, a Junior Jarhead with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, smiles for a photo before falling in to formation during the group’s Junior Jarhead Day aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., More
Cpl. Rohan Neil, a training manager with Marine Aircraft Logistics Squadron (MALS) 16, stands at parade rest before a congratulatory speech given by Col. Anthony Bianca, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16 commandin More
Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band perform for service members and families aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 7. Their performance was brought together through the organization of noncommissio More
Cpl. Robert Reeves, combat camera reproduction chief with 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, guides Lance Cpl. James A. Trevino, a combat videographer also with 1st MEB, on how to operate machines for reproducti More
Marines with the Brigade Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, transport an air conditioning unit across Camp Francis during Large Scale Exercise 2014 aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat C More
Brig. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, commanding general of 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, discusses operations to be conducted in the following weeks with Col. Dany Fortin, commander of adjacent Canadian Forces, 5 More
Private First Class Nathan T. Williams, 19, a military police officer with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, Brigade Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, from Orrville, Ohio, calls into the comman More
Lance Cpl. Jared Oden, left, from Pleasant Grove, Ala. and LCpl. Francisco Partida from Perris, Calif., both military police officers with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, Brigade Headquarters Group, 1st Marine E More
Lance Cpl. Elijah Bingman, an electrician generator operator with 1st Brigade Headquarters Group, Engineers, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade from Joplin, Mo., waters the grounding area of a MEP-1060 Generator More
Marines with Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, set up a tent to be the combat operation center during a combined arms training drill in support of Large Scale Exercise 2014 a More
Marines with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, call for artillery fire support during Large Scale Exercise 2014 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 9-10, 201 More
Corporal Ryan Schalles from Lubbock, Texas, a proffesionally instructed gunman and rifleman with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, sets up communication via radio while condu More
Marines with Motor Transportation Platoon, Combat Service Support Company, Brigade Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade strap down the last of a load of gear being transported in the first of tw More
A Marine with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provides security during a notional tactical non-combatant evacuation at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 13, 2014. T More
Colonel Dany Fortin, right, commander of adjacent Canadian Forces, 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, and Maj. Bryan Hall, left, a brigade platoon commander with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, talks a More
Redding, Calif., native Capt. Chris Conklin, an MV-22 Osprey pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, Marine Aircraft Group 16, flew as part of a casualty evacuation exercise at Moffet Federal Airfield, More
Cpl. Billy J. Masek holds security for his squad while they clear a building of fictional enemies Nov. 4 during exercise Blue Chromite 15. Chromite demonstrates the Navy/Marine Corps’ amphibious and expeditiona More
Marines inspect a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter before it takes off Jan. 24 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. Four CH-53E helicopters stopped to refuel at MCAS Iwakuni on the way to Misa More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier, photojournalist with 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., documents U.S. Marine Cpl. Douglas Woelher, crew chief assigned to Marine Aircraft Group More
Children of service members participate in physical training during Junior Jarhead Day aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 6. Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16 Marines volunteered to lead four pl More
U.S. Marine Corps Major General Michael A. Rocco (second from right), the commanding general of 3d Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), presents Marine Corps Sgt. Devon J. Morris, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrot More
Colonel Anthony Bianca, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, taxis on the flight line following his final MV-22B Osprey flight as the MAG-16 commanding officer aboard Marine Corps Air Station M More
Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to depart an expeditionary airfield at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twe More
Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361 wait for the arrival of Col. Anthony Bianca, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Ju More
Col. Chad Blair, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, and past commanding officers of MAG-16, salute Marines marching in formation during the MAG-16 change of command ceremony aboard Marine Cor More
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conduct an external lift exercise at Landing Zone (LZ) Bull, Chocolate Mountain Aeri More
Family members of Marines and Sailors with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16 enjoy snow cones during the MAG-16 Spooktacular aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 24. The Spooktacular had over 100 More
U.S. Marine maintainers assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Miramar, Calif., clear the runway for a MV-22 ‘Osprey’ tiltrotor aircraft a More
An Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Marine assists Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 in containing a simulated spill during a fuel spill exercise March 4, on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Ok More
Senior leaders from the Naval Aviation Enterprise listen to a brief about Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 16 during the “Boots on the Ground” event aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Apr More
Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) spray water above an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 after completing Col. Chad Blair’s last flight as Marine Aircraft Group ( More
Sgt. Maj. Ronald Green, sergeant major of the Marine Corps, was greeted by the command of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 during his visit aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 17. During his More
Marines with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band perform prior to Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16's change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 21. During the ceremony, Col. Chad B More
Infantry Marines with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, board a CH-53E with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466 to conduct a battalion insert during exercise Summer Fury at Naval Air Facility El More
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Mark R. Wise, the commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, returns salute to U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during his site visit prior to the start of Exercis More
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Phillip D. Ash, crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462, Marine Air Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing looks out the window of a CH-53E Super Stallion off the coast of More
More than a dozen MV-22B Ospreys and CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), fly in close formation as they approach the flight line at Marine Corps Air Stati More
Marine Lt. Col. Charles E. Bodwell, center, outgoing commanding officer of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and guest bow during the invocation prior to t More
Twenty seven MV-22B Ospreys and 16 CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), line up as part of the mass flight at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jun More
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 16, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), participate in MALS-16's change of command ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station Mi More
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nathaniel Driessen, left, and Lance Cpl. Courtney Pantaleon, both with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), prepare More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Braxton Furgeson, a MV-22B tiltrotor mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, refuels an MV-22B Osprey during th More
U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, march into position during a relief and appointment ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 27, 2019. During the ceremony More
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), observe as multiple F-35B Lightning IIs fly off the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS More
A U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, approaches for a landing during Integrated Training Exercise 1-2 More
U.S. Marine Corps Bell UH-1Y Venom with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, sits on the flight line during Integrated Training Exercise 1-21 at Marin More
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, stand watch at an airfield security post during Integrated Training Exercise 1-21 at Marine Corps Air Grou More
U.S. Marine Corps Bell Boeing MV-22 Ospreys, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to land during Integrated Training Exercise 1-21 at Marine Corps Ai More
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joshua Osuna, aircrewman, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, turns a bolt on a U.S. Marine Corps Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion duri More
A U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, uses a compact metal detector to search for simulated improvised explosive devices during Integrated Trai More
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, bow their heads for an invocation during Integrated Training Exercise 1-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Comb More
A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter taxis down the flight line at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, June 7, for a daily operational check flight. To maintain their readiness for casualty evacuation missions, the pilots and crews wi More
Staff Sgt. Vance Baumer performs a foreign object debris inspection of the number one intake and front frame assembly of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter engine at Al Taqaddum, Iraq, June 8. The Marines with Marin More
AL ASAD, Iraq (June 18, 2006) - Powerline division Marines escort a towed EA-6B Prowler belonging to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Win More
Members of the band OSB pose with Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 during a 10-day tour of Iraq with Jessica Sierra, American Idol finalist, July 6, 2006. OSB and Sierra came to Iraq to More
Marine Aircraft Group 16 of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar celebrated 100,000 flight hours with the MV-22 "Osprey" Feb. 18. The Osprey is currently phasing out the Vietnam-era CH-46 "Sea Knight".
Marines from squadrons under Marine Aircraft Group 16 start their engines before a three hour, round-trip group motorcycle ride here July 15. The Marines took curvy roads to a restaurant near Lake Henshaw for t More
Col. Patrick A. Gramuglia, the commanding officer for Marine Aircraft Group 16, thanks Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 for the creation of new landing zones aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat C More
A formation of MV-22B Ospreys fly at a low altitude to pose an aerial photograph over Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 28. The flight commemorated the years of assault support excellence with Mari More
Ana Lilia Luna, left, a face and body artist and a San Diego native, paints the face of Alanna Sulser, right, a child of a Marine and Jacksonville, Fla., native, at the Marine Aircraft Group 16 Halloween Spookt More
Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 16 run in formation during the MAG-16 motivational run aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Nov. 16. The run is one of the events the group did throughout the year More
MV-22B Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165 land at 29 Palms Marine Corps Base, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013. The purpose of this flight was to practice large flight leadership tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps More
An MV-22B Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, flies during Operation Desert Tantrum near Glamis, Calif., March 14, 2013. Operatio More
A Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor teaches Marine Aircraft Group 16 spouses basic self-defense techniques during a Jane Wayne Day event aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 4. The More
A child goes through an obstacle course during a Marine Aircraft Group 16 Junior Jarhead Day aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 8. The event showed military children different things that the More
The blades of an MV-22B Osprey begin to spin as Marines perform pre-flight checks aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 9. This aircraft and eight more like it flew to Naval Air Station North Is More
Lance Cpl. Aaron Tremain, a heavy equipment mechanic from Collinsville, Okla., assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, from Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif., guides heavy More
Col. Patrick Gramuglia, left, former commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group 16, and Col. Anthony Bianca, right, incoming commanding officer of MAG-16, salute during a change of command ceremony aboard Mari More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Dylan W. Goldman, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) reads the citation for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Fiel More
Cpl. Trevin Prince, a squad leader with Tiger Platoon and an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166, tells stories of his experiences in the Marine Corps with his platoon d More
Col. Anthony Bianca, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16 commanding officer, addresses Marines with Marine Aircraft Logistics Squadron (MALS) 16 after successfully passing an aviation maintenance inspection with a More
Marines with Brigade Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade eat a hot meal in the dining facility at Camp Francis during Large Scale Exercise 2014 aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center More
Col. Dany Fortin, commander of adjacent Canadian Forces, 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, discusses operations to be conducted in the following weeks with Brig. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, commanding general of More
Lance Cpl. Jevon Hudson, left, from Chicago, Ill., and Jose A. Jimenez from Sherrill, N.Y., both digital multi-channel wideband transmission equipment operators with 9th Communication Battalion, Brigade Headqua More
Lance Cpl. Elijah Bingman, an electrician generator operator with 1st Brigade Headquarters Group, Engineers, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade from Joplin, Mo., inspects an MPE-1060 Generator Set for proper func More
Marines with Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, install TRC-209 antennas to provide communications for the combat operation center during a combined arms training drill in sup More
First Lieutenant Michael Pagani, a forward observer with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, draws a sketch of the terrain for a fire support operation during Large Scale Exercise 2014 aboard Marine More
1st Lieutenant Davin Heaton, left, Fire Support Team leader and a weapons platoon commander for 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, instructs his team on what targets to engage More
Marines with Motor Transportation Platoon, Combat Service Support Company, Brigade Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, strap down the last of a load of gear being transported in the first of t More
Marines with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepare to escort civilian personnel to board MV-22B Ospreys during a tactical non-combatant evacuation training mission at the Mountain Warfare Train More
(Left to right) Major Tjarko Leungen, United Kingdom Amphibious Forces, Royal Netherlands Marine Corps; WO2 Tim Porter, United Kingdom Amphibious Forces, Royal Marines; Squadron Leader Jay Berry, United Kingdom More
Colonel Dany Fortin, commander of adjacent Canadian Forces, 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, talks about how 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Marines supported Canadian forces during Large Scale Exerci More