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Simulated Casualty during field training exercise

Simulated Casualty during field training exercise

Petty Officer 3rd Class Sherod Williams (left) and Seaman Jerry Williams prepare an IV for a simulated casualty, Feb. 26, during 3rd Medical Battalion's field training exercise at Landing Zone Owl. The training... More

Soldiers of the “Renegades” Forward Support Company,

Soldiers of the “Renegades” Forward Support Company,

Soldiers of the “Renegades” Forward Support Company, 15th Engineer Battalion pose with their field fueling trucks on May 20, 2016 near Lasna, Estonia. Delivering fuel each day is one of the many ways the Reneg... More

Sgt. John M. Dearing provides security July 18 at the

Sgt. John M. Dearing provides security July 18 at the

Sgt. John M. Dearing provides security July 18 at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, during a Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise. The training scenario called for the 31st MEU’s Battalion Landing Team t... More

Lance Cpl. Justin Baumeister, from Hebron, Indiana,

Lance Cpl. Justin Baumeister, from Hebron, Indiana,

Lance Cpl. Justin Baumeister, from Hebron, Indiana, provides security Dec. 10 during a town defense simulation at the Central Training Area. Company C, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion defended the town against fo... More

Marines work to complete a 15-bay Improved Ribbon Bridge

Marines work to complete a 15-bay Improved Ribbon Bridge

Marines work to complete a 15-bay Improved Ribbon Bridge in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, during Blue Chromite 2016, Nov. 2, 2015. This was the first time that Improved Ribbon Bridges, flat modular... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Brasfield undergoes a Chemical,

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Brasfield undergoes a Chemical,

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Brasfield undergoes a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear decontamination process during Explosive Ordnance Disposal Field Exercise 20.1 at the Central Training Area, Cam... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher S. Mahaffey, commander,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher S. Mahaffey, commander,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher S. Mahaffey, commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Tim Bolyard, senior enlisted advisor, of 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga., c... More

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team guide an M88 Recovery Vehicle after being unloaded from a flat bed carrier April 23 at the Central Training Area. The M88 along ... More

Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2 rehearse

Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2 rehearse

Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2 rehearse looking around a corner to ensure it is clear during the military operations on urban training town here, May 8. The Marines practiced clearing buildings in t... More

From left to right, Sergeants Christopher M. Awes,

From left to right, Sergeants Christopher M. Awes,

From left to right, Sergeants Christopher M. Awes, Juan F. Cerna, and Jakob Schulz set up a percussion actuated neutralizer Oct. 23 during disruptive-tools training at Demolitions 2 Range in the CTA. The PAN u... More

Cutter, a military working dog, patrols along the side

Cutter, a military working dog, patrols along the side

Cutter, a military working dog, patrols along the side of a road July 2 in the Central Training Area. The MWD was taking part in improvised explosive device detection training, in which he and his handler patro... More

Marines fire M2 .50-caliber Browning machine guns at

Marines fire M2 .50-caliber Browning machine guns at

Marines fire M2 .50-caliber Browning machine guns at known distance targets Sept. 10 during the 3rd Marine Division Annual Rifle Squad and Crew-Served Weapons Competition at the Central Training Area. The compe... More

Lance Cpl. Taraka T. Ballentine, center, lifts a junction

Lance Cpl. Taraka T. Ballentine, center, lifts a junction

Lance Cpl. Taraka T. Ballentine, center, lifts a junction panel, weighing 478 pounds, in order to assemble a five-bay, two-story, medium girder bridge during Blue Chromite 16 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct... More

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team,

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team,

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct close-quarters training at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, on Dec. 9, 2019. The... More

Lance Cpl. Charles Stites, an Everettsville, Kansas,

Lance Cpl. Charles Stites, an Everettsville, Kansas,

Lance Cpl. Charles Stites, an Everettsville, Kansas, native, waits for support while controlling a simulated hostile threat Aug. 20 at the Combat Town facility in the Central Training Area. The Marines trained ... More

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, observe targets down range using a BGM-71 TOW anti-armor missile system during a live fire exercise at the ... More

Marines execute tactical reloads Aug. 20 at the Combat

Marines execute tactical reloads Aug. 20 at the Combat

Marines execute tactical reloads Aug. 20 at the Combat Town facility in the Central Training Area during military operation on urbanized terrain training. The tactical reload drills help the Marines become fami... More

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team,

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team,

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, advance through a town during a simulated raid at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Brasfield, left, and Staff

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Brasfield, left, and Staff

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Brasfield, left, and Staff Sgt. Ian Swain place an artillery round in a clean plastic bag to be removed from a notional Explosive Ordnance Disposal Chemical, Biological, Radiological... More

Second Lt. Cliff S. Cardwell, a police officer with

Second Lt. Cliff S. Cardwell, a police officer with

Second Lt. Cliff S. Cardwell, a police officer with Military Police Company, gives Marines a safety brief prior to conducting live-fire training at Range 7 in the Central Training Area Sept. 1. MP Company is pa... More

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assemble a BGM-71 TOW anti-armor missile system during a live fire exercise at the Central Training Area, E... More

Lance Cpl. Samuel A. Reid fires 5.56 mm blank rounds

Lance Cpl. Samuel A. Reid fires 5.56 mm blank rounds

Lance Cpl. Samuel A. Reid fires 5.56 mm blank rounds from an M249 squad automatic weapon July 18 at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, during a Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise. The training scenario ... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3D Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, on unit deployment program, take part in a simulated amphibio... More

Richard Wayne Allen, U.S. representative for Georgia's

Richard Wayne Allen, U.S. representative for Georgia's

Richard Wayne Allen, U.S. representative for Georgia's 12th Congressional District, talks with Soldiers of Anvil Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, during a congressional delega... More

Sgt. Bobo, a military working dog, and his handler

Sgt. Bobo, a military working dog, and his handler

Sgt. Bobo, a military working dog, and his handler Cpl. Connor F. Scott, search for simulated downed aircrew members during Blue Chromite 16 in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 28, 2015. Bobo was... More

Marking grid locations. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Marking grid locations. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Sgt. Christian Luna begins marking grid locations onto his map to improve his skills' in small unit leadership at the Central Training Area May 2. About 60 sergeants took part in the Marine Corps Base sergeants... More

Two Marines with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion return

Two Marines with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion return

Two Marines with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion return fire on a hostile building housing a force of simulated enemy opposition Jan. 16 during military operations on urbanized terrain training at Combat Town in ... More

Explosive charges are laid out Feb. 27 during an explosive

Explosive charges are laid out Feb. 27 during an explosive

Explosive charges are laid out Feb. 27 during an explosive ordnance disposal course in the Central Training Area. The charges shown can cut through steel, demolish buildings and dispose of ordnance.

Cpl. James L. Gabriel, from Oaks, North Dakota, takes

Cpl. James L. Gabriel, from Oaks, North Dakota, takes

Cpl. James L. Gabriel, from Oaks, North Dakota, takes cover behind a tree stump Aug. 27 during military operations on urbanized terrain training at the Central Training Area on Okinawa, Japan. MOUT is combat co... More

A line of Amphibious Assault Vehicles passes through

A line of Amphibious Assault Vehicles passes through

A line of Amphibious Assault Vehicles passes through a cleared mine field Jan. 21 at LZ Dodo in the Central Training Area. All of Combat Assault Battalion participated in a multi-day training event to exercise ... More

Lance Cpl. Charles Stites, left, provides support to

Lance Cpl. Charles Stites, left, provides support to

Lance Cpl. Charles Stites, left, provides support to Lance Cpl. Jacob Hyder, right, who is preparing to search a simulated hostile threat Aug. 20 at the Combat Town facility in the Central Training Area. Marine... More

Lance Cpl. Gregory Trout, from Paragould, Arkansas,

Lance Cpl. Gregory Trout, from Paragould, Arkansas,

Lance Cpl. Gregory Trout, from Paragould, Arkansas, places a simulated improvised explosive device in order to cause mass casualties to the offense Dec. 10 during a town defense simulation at the Central Traini... More

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly is airlifted to a field

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly is airlifted to a field

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly is airlifted to a field hospital while acting as an improvised explosive device victim during Blue Chromite 2016, at Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 29, 2015. The shock tr... More

Adviser visits Ulchi Freedom Guardian

Adviser visits Ulchi Freedom Guardian

Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Bruce B. Knutson (left) visits the 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, operations center with Brig. Gen. Frederick M. Padilla, 3rd MarDiv. commanding general, for ... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion touches down at Landing Zone

A CH-53E Super Stallion touches down at Landing Zone

A CH-53E Super Stallion touches down at Landing Zone Falcon Jan. 3 during confined area landing training in the Central Training Area. The helicopter and crew are with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, curr... More

Marines execute helicopter rope suspension techniques

Marines execute helicopter rope suspension techniques

Marines execute helicopter rope suspension techniques out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft March 12 during training at Camp Schwab, Okinawa. With these techniques, commonly referred to as fast-roping, Mar... More

A Soldier with Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd

A Soldier with Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd

A Soldier with Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fires a 240 B machine gun at targets during a live fire training exercise at the Central Training Area, Estonia, ... More

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly is carried on board a CH-53E

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly is carried on board a CH-53E

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly is carried on board a CH-53E Super Stallion after acting as a simulated improvised explosive device victim during Blue Chromite 2016, at Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 29... More

Maj. Gen. Duane A. Gamble, of Arbutus, Md., commander

Maj. Gen. Duane A. Gamble, of Arbutus, Md., commander

Maj. Gen. Duane A. Gamble, of Arbutus, Md., commander of 21st Theater Sustainment Command meets with U.S. Army Engineers with 902nd Engineer Company, 15th Engineer Battalion,18th Military Police Brigade July 9,... More

Marines hold a security perimeter as they await clearance

Marines hold a security perimeter as they await clearance

Marines hold a security perimeter as they await clearance to move forward through an obstacle Jan. 21 at LZ Dodo in the Central Training Area. LZ Dodo was turned into a one-kilometer obstacle belt designed to p... More

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire at a target down range using a BGM-71 TOW anti-armor missile system during a live fire exercise at the... More

Marines and sailors from 3rd Marine Logistics Group,

Marines and sailors from 3rd Marine Logistics Group,

Marines and sailors from 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, escort a role-playing casualty to a battalion aid station during Alert Contingency Marine Air Ground Task Force Exercise 2010... More

Lance Cpl. Steven A. Root, a combat engineer with 9th

Lance Cpl. Steven A. Root, a combat engineer with 9th

Lance Cpl. Steven A. Root, a combat engineer with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, searches a mock-injured victim for weapons before letting him see me... More

U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine

U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine

U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, execute simulated tactical casualty combat care at Robertson Barracks, Darwin, NT, Australia, July 9, 2020. This training enables MR... More

Lance Cpl. Cody T. Nations, center, from Detroit, Michigan,

Lance Cpl. Cody T. Nations, center, from Detroit, Michigan,

Lance Cpl. Cody T. Nations, center, from Detroit, Michigan, swims during the intermediate swimming qualification Sept. 11 as Cpl. Daniel X. Ouellette, from Manchester, New Hampshire, supervises as part of the 3... More

Marines walk away from a blasting cap demonstration

Marines walk away from a blasting cap demonstration

Marines walk away from a blasting cap demonstration June 19 at the Central Training Area. A blasting cap is about the size of a wax crayon and is used to detonate explosives. When set off, the blasting cap sent... More

Marines with Company C, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion,

Marines with Company C, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion,

Marines with Company C, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, act as mock casualties after being overrun by enemy forces Dec. 10 during a town defense simulation at the Central Training Area. The company’s mission was... More

Dolan chases a simulated suspect Oct. 25 at Range 160

Dolan chases a simulated suspect Oct. 25 at Range 160

Dolan chases a simulated suspect Oct. 25 at Range 160 on Camp Hansen. Military working dog handlers with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion trained in dog-handling techniques to build a stronger relationship between... More

Ray Geller shows Marines the location on a target to

Ray Geller shows Marines the location on a target to

Ray Geller shows Marines the location on a target to place their shot May 16 in the Central Training Area as part of a two-week Headquarters Marine Corps Special Reaction Team Phase II Marksman/Observer course.... More

Sgt. Jakob W. Schulz, right, places a percussion actuated

Sgt. Jakob W. Schulz, right, places a percussion actuated

Sgt. Jakob W. Schulz, right, places a percussion actuated neutralizer over a mock improvised explosive device Oct. 23 during disruptive-tools training at Demolitions 2 Range in the CTA. Schulz and other Marines... More

Private First Class Zachary Bailey, a motor transport

Private First Class Zachary Bailey, a motor transport

Private First Class Zachary Bailey, a motor transport operator assigned to the “Renegades” Forward Support Company, 15th Engineer Battalion secures a piece of equipment before hauling it to a construction site ... More

Staff Sgt. Eric J. Ellenberger, standing, addresses

Staff Sgt. Eric J. Ellenberger, standing, addresses

Staff Sgt. Eric J. Ellenberger, standing, addresses Marines with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion following a security patrol training evolution March 19 at the Central Training Area as part of a field training ex... More

Gunnery Sgt. Dane R. Griffin, right, assists Seaman

Gunnery Sgt. Dane R. Griffin, right, assists Seaman

Gunnery Sgt. Dane R. Griffin, right, assists Seaman Conner R. Vaughn with the setup of an explosive June 19 at the Central Training Area. Vaughn, an Ellensburg, Washington, native, gained hands-on experience wi... More

Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III fires an M590 shotgun

Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III fires an M590 shotgun

Maj. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy III fires an M590 shotgun May 24 in the Central Training Area during a friendly marksmanship competition. The competition was the culminating event of the 2014 Spring Commanders and Se... More

Marines advance into a town from a treeline using a

Marines advance into a town from a treeline using a

Marines advance into a town from a treeline using a Humvee for cover Aug. 27 during military operations on urbanized terrain training at the Central Training Area on Okinawa, Japan. Urban combat operations are ... More

Sgt. Bobo, a military working dog, picks up the scent

Sgt. Bobo, a military working dog, picks up the scent

Sgt. Bobo, a military working dog, picks up the scent of downed aircrew members of a simulated aircraft crash in support of exercise Blue Chromite 16 in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 28, 2015.... More

Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine

Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine

Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, perform maintenance at Landing Zone Dodo in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, June 29. The Marines are ... More

Cpl. Nikolas C. Wurdelman returns fire Aug. 15 during

Cpl. Nikolas C. Wurdelman returns fire Aug. 15 during

Cpl. Nikolas C. Wurdelman returns fire Aug. 15 during platoon-level military operations in urban terrain and counterinsurgency operations training at the Combat Town facility in the Central Training Area. Wurde... More

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly acts as the victim of a

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly acts as the victim of a

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly acts as the victim of a simulated improvised explosive device during Blue Chromite 2016, at Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 29, 2015. The Shock Trauma Platoon, part of 3rd... More

U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine

U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine

U.S. Marines with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, simulate enemy contact during convoy training at Robertson Barracks, Darwin, NT, Australia, July 9, 2020. This training enables MRF-... More

Lance Cpl. Calvin Montgomery works communications equipment

Lance Cpl. Calvin Montgomery works communications equipment

Lance Cpl. Calvin Montgomery works communications equipment during a command post exercise April 23 in the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. “We need to continue to improve the skills of the Marines that ... More

Marines with Company C, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion,

Marines with Company C, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion,

Marines with Company C, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, become casualties on the way to rushing to another building Dec. 10 during a town defense simulation at the Central Training Area. The building the company... More

A Soldier assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion,

A Soldier assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion,

A Soldier assigned to Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fires a missile using the BGM-71 TOW anti-armor missile system during a live fire exercise at the Central ... More

Semmy, a military working dog, receives a toy from

Semmy, a military working dog, receives a toy from

Semmy, a military working dog, receives a toy from his dog handler, Lance Cpl. Ryan Smith, a Kansas City, Kansas, native, after properly clearing a building while searching for hidden narcotics and explosives A... More

Navigating harsh jungle terrain

Navigating harsh jungle terrain

Lance Cpl. Aaronn Hulett, a grenadier with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, navigates the harsh jungle terrain during a point man course in the Central Training Area to hone the battalion landing ... More

Marines hone weapon systems during live-fire

Marines hone weapon systems during live-fire

Lance Cpl. Kiri R. Gibson fires a .50-caliber Browning machine gun with assistant gunner Lance Cpl. Steven L. Slone during live-fire training at the Central Training Area on Camp Hansen on Nov. 28. The live-fir... More

A stack of Marines takes cover behind a protective

A stack of Marines takes cover behind a protective

A stack of Marines takes cover behind a protective blanket during an explosion Aug. 28 while completing a demolitions training evolution at a demo range in the Central Training Area. The knowledge of the differ... More

A Marine with 3rd LE Bn. searches and secures a simulated

A Marine with 3rd LE Bn. searches and secures a simulated

A Marine with 3rd LE Bn. searches and secures a simulated enemy combatant while another provides security Jan. 16 during MOUT training at Combat Town in the Central Training Area. Marines with the battalion per... More

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officers and Marines

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officers and Marines

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officers and Marines disembark an MV-22B Osprey on March 1 at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. The JGSDF officers were given the opportunity to experience flying in th... More

Staff Sgt. Edward C. Ludwig V, left, assists Marines

Staff Sgt. Edward C. Ludwig V, left, assists Marines

Staff Sgt. Edward C. Ludwig V, left, assists Marines in the set-up of demolition charges Feb. 27 during an explosive ordnance disposal course in the Central Training Area. Ludwig is an EOD technician with Headq... More

Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques Masters Course

Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques Masters Course

Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques Masters Course students perform Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction from a CH-46E Sea Knight during a HRST Masters Course at the Central Training Area, Aug. 5.

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team,

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team,

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, move through smoke concealing their advancement during a simulated raid at the Central Training Ar... More

Marines execute immediate action drills during combatant

Marines execute immediate action drills during combatant

Marines execute immediate action drills during combatant diver and beach reconnaissance training April 24 in the Central Training Area. Upon receiving fire from simulated enemy forces, the Marines executed imme... More

MWSG-17 MPs build skill sets. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

MWSG-17 MPs build skill sets. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Military policemen practice entering a compound during the company’s final exercise of the year in Combat Town in the Central Training Area Sept. 22. The Marines entered and cleared a house that sheltered possi... More

Cpl. Anthony L. Dale reports the location and details

Cpl. Anthony L. Dale reports the location and details

Cpl. Anthony L. Dale reports the location and details of a simulated improvised explosive device Jan. 29 at the Central Training Area during the culminating event of the III MHG-sponsored corporals course. Upon... More

Lance Cpl. Zachary A. Chastain operates an assault

Lance Cpl. Zachary A. Chastain operates an assault

Lance Cpl. Zachary A. Chastain operates an assault amphibious vehicle during a training exercise July 15 near Camp Schwab. CAB provides 3rd Marine Division with engineers, assault amphibious vehicle support, an... More

Corpsmen with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics

Corpsmen with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics

Corpsmen with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, patrol during a field training exercise May 1 in the Central Training Area. The exercise introduced corpsmen to basic Marine combat training. The... More

Sgt. Vincent J. Petitto validates the placement of

Sgt. Vincent J. Petitto validates the placement of

Sgt. Vincent J. Petitto validates the placement of his round on a target May 16 in the Central Training Area after firing an M110 semi-automatic sniper system. Petitto concluded a two-week Headquarters Marine C... More

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sweep buildings for enemy forces during urban combat training here, Feb 8. The Marines utilized 5... More

Soldiers from the 902nd Engineer Construction Company,

Soldiers from the 902nd Engineer Construction Company,

Soldiers from the 902nd Engineer Construction Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, United States Army participate in a friendly archery competition with locals in Lasna, Estonia during a visit to a school on June ... More

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards

A U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle pushes towards a beach-head during the second amphibious assault of Blue Chromite 2016, at Kushii Crossing, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 29, 2015. The Marines onboard pushed thr... More

Cpl. Shawn Edens prepares to release his dog, Zak,

Cpl. Shawn Edens prepares to release his dog, Zak,

Cpl. Shawn Edens prepares to release his dog, Zak, in pursuit of a simulated fleeing suspect Oct. 25 at Range 160 on Camp Hansen. A positive relationship between the dog and handler is the key to creating a coh... More

Marines assault through an opening between two buildings

Marines assault through an opening between two buildings

Marines assault through an opening between two buildings Aug. 27 during military operations on urbanized terrain training at the Central Training Area on Okinawa, Japan. Complicating factors in urban warfare in... More

Staff Sgt. Jacob A. Sandahl, standing left, discusses

Staff Sgt. Jacob A. Sandahl, standing left, discusses

Staff Sgt. Jacob A. Sandahl, standing left, discusses basic Marine combat training with corpsmen May 1 at Landing Zone Dodo in the Central Training Area during a field training exercise. “We’re going over patro... More

A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team

A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team

A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a M240G medium machine gun during urban combat training here, Feb 8. The Marines utilized ... More

Marines work to complete a 15-bay Improved Ribbon Bridge

Marines work to complete a 15-bay Improved Ribbon Bridge

Marines work to complete a 15-bay Improved Ribbon Bridge as a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter inserts bridge components into the water in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, during Blue Chromite 2016, N... More

Staff Sgt. Edward C. Ludwig V, right, inspects a Marine’s

Staff Sgt. Edward C. Ludwig V, right, inspects a Marine’s

Staff Sgt. Edward C. Ludwig V, right, inspects a Marine’s equipment at the Central Training Area. Explosive ordnance disposal technicians inspect all service members’ equipment as a routine safety precaution fo... More

Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine

Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine

Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, create barriers with razor wire for Exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian Aug. 8. UFG is an annual joint/combined... More

Sgt. George M. Frasier uses a combat stance to absorb

Sgt. George M. Frasier uses a combat stance to absorb

Sgt. George M. Frasier uses a combat stance to absorb the recoil of an M1014 joint service combat shotgun at Landing Zone Wren in the Central Training Area Oct. 26. Frasier is with Special Operations Training G... More

Pfc. Anthony F. Paderes prepares to refuel a CH-46E

Pfc. Anthony F. Paderes prepares to refuel a CH-46E

Pfc. Anthony F. Paderes prepares to refuel a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter landing at a forward-arming and refueling point April 3 at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. At a FARP, helicopters can refuel... More

Cpl. Dusten R. Bradburn, right, directs his military

Cpl. Dusten R. Bradburn, right, directs his military

Cpl. Dusten R. Bradburn, right, directs his military working dog, Falco, July 2 in the Central Training Area. MWDs and their handlers executed improvised explosive device detection training, in which the dog te... More

Soldiers of the Norwegian Army High Readiness Force

Soldiers of the Norwegian Army High Readiness Force

Soldiers of the Norwegian Army High Readiness Force mix concrete while a Soldier assigned to 500th Engineer Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, pours more concrete into the mixing tr... More

A Soldier with Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd

A Soldier with Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd

A Soldier with Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fires rounds down range during a live fire training exercise at the Central Training Area, Estonia, Sept. 25, as ... More

U.S. Army Spc. Mack, Sgt. Filpo, Pvt. 1st Class Slappey

U.S. Army Spc. Mack, Sgt. Filpo, Pvt. 1st Class Slappey

U.S. Army Spc. Mack, Sgt. Filpo, Pvt. 1st Class Slappey and Spc. Dabney, military engineers with the 902nd Engineer Construction Company, 15th Engineer Battalion remove water from the roadside using a water dis... More

Marines with Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment,

Marines with Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment,

Marines with Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment, observe an array of digital communications information during a command post exercise April 23 in the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. The Marines... More

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, storm

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, storm

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, storm a room taking casualties, chosen by instructors, Aug. 20 at the Central Training Area during a military operations on urbanized terrain training event. “This t... More

A corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics

A corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics

A corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, takes down notes about a simulated patient’s status during a field training exercise May 1 at the Central Training Area. The exercise introduce... More

An operator maneuvers his assault amphibious vehicle

An operator maneuvers his assault amphibious vehicle

An operator maneuvers his assault amphibious vehicle through a gate during a field training exercise July 15 at the Central Training Area. The Marines used the first day of training to transport equipment and p... More

A Marine with 3rd LE Bn. prepares to return fire Jan.

A Marine with 3rd LE Bn. prepares to return fire Jan.

A Marine with 3rd LE Bn. prepares to return fire Jan. 16 during MOUT training in the Central Training Area. During the training event, Marines used simulated rounds to mimic combat operations in a controlled environment.

A Soldier of the Norwegian Army High Readiness Force

A Soldier of the Norwegian Army High Readiness Force

A Soldier of the Norwegian Army High Readiness Force tips a trough to assist a Soldier assigned to 500th Engineer Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, to ensure proper mixing of concr... More

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