Cpl. William O. McLaughlin, with the 11th Marine
Cpl. William O. McLaughlin, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from Brooklyn, N.Y., participates in a game of spades here Feb. 25. McLaughlin is playing in a tournament designed to increase moral and cama... More
Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Ellis stands after being awarded
Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Ellis stands after being awarded the Navy Marine Corps Commendation Medal aboard USS Makin Island here March 1. Ellis serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat unit Ba... More
Sgt. Erick Narduzzi shows family members of Marines
Sgt. Erick Narduzzi shows family members of Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit rifle optics aboard USS Makin Island here June 16. Narduzzi serves with the unit's ground combat element, Battalion Land... More
Lance Cpl. Tracy D. Strickland records information
Lance Cpl. Tracy D. Strickland records information for firing 120 mm mortars June 21. Strickland, an Indianapolis native, serves with Battery K, which provides artillery and indirect fire for Battalion Landing ... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1 prepare to embark a CH-53E Sea Stallion here Sept. 4. The Marines participated in a live-fire raid between USS Makin Island a... More
Maj. Brad W. Ward reads a book here Feb. 3. Ward, a
Maj. Brad W. Ward reads a book here Feb. 3. Ward, a Groves, Texas native, serves as executive officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's logistics combat element. The unit i... More
Combat cargo Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Combat cargo Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit carry a simulated casualty across USS Makin Island’s flight deck here Oct. 2 during a casualty evacuation exercise. The unit embarked the amphibious ... More
Combat cargo Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Combat cargo Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit carry a simulated casualty across USS Makin Island’s flight deck here Oct. 2 during a casualty evacuation exercise. The unit embarked the amphibious ... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit run aboard USS Makin Island's flightdeck here, Feb. 10. The unit is deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Rea... More
Cpl. Fidel Cazares chokes Sgt. Guillermo Gama during
Cpl. Fidel Cazares chokes Sgt. Guillermo Gama during a martial arts exercise aboard USS Makin Island here, Feb. 10.The Marines serve with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is deployed aboard the amph... More
Cpl. Blake J. Morales teaches a class on machine guns
Cpl. Blake J. Morales teaches a class on machine guns aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 2. Morales, a Kansas City, Mo., native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The C... More
Brig. Gen. Brian D. Beaudreault speaks to the sailors
Brig. Gen. Brian D. Beaudreault speaks to the sailors and Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 15. Beaudreault serves as the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command d... More
Marines, serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines, serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat unit Battalion Landing Team 3/1, pin a Fleet Marine Force pin onto Petty Officer 3rd Class Fletcher Carson's uniform aboard USS Makin Is... More
Lance Cpl. Anthony C. Brown disassembles a MK 19 machine
Lance Cpl. Anthony C. Brown disassembles a MK 19 machine gun aboard USS Makin Island. Brown, a Shelbyville, Ind., native serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit is ... More
A Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk carries crates of ammunition
A Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk carries crates of ammunition off USS Makin Island's flight deck Nov. 19. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego No... More
Machine gunners serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Machine gunners serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1 fire a M240B medium machine gun to provide cover fire for Marines advancing on range 400 here Sept. 4. The Marines pe... More
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit watch
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit watch as USNS Charles Drew sails beside USS Makin Island to refuel the ship here, Nov. 16. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbo... More
Lance Cpl. John W. McCallum teaches a class on disassembling
Lance Cpl. John W. McCallum teaches a class on disassembling machine guns aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 2. McCallum, a Seattle native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team... More
Cpl. Michael G. Figueroa provides security here Sept.
Cpl. Michael G. Figueroa provides security here Sept. 4 during a live-fire exercise. Figueroa, a Boston native and intelligence specialist serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team... More
First Sgt. Carey R. Wells, left, and Capt. Matt J.
First Sgt. Carey R. Wells, left, and Capt. Matt J. McGirr, right, promote Paul D. Friend to Cpl. aboard USS Makin Island here March 1. The Marines serve with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat u... More
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), takes off from USS Makin Island here Nov. 20 for a joint air-to-air traini... More
Gunnery Sgt. Michael M. Freeman watches as USNS Charles
Gunnery Sgt. Michael M. Freeman watches as USNS Charles Drew sails beside USS Makin Island to refuel the ship here, Nov. 16. Freeman, a Goldsboro, N.C., native, serves as the flight line division chief with the... More
Lance Cpl. Steven D. Follett loads ammunition into
Lance Cpl. Steven D. Follett loads ammunition into a magazine aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 1. Follett, a Jefferson, Iowa, native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1... More
Lance Cpl. Samuel A. Shehata practices bayonet techniques
Lance Cpl. Samuel A. Shehata practices bayonet techniques during martial arts training aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 5. Shehata, a Lancaster, Ohio, native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s B... More
Sgt. Maj. Anthony Cruz Jr. fires a Mk2 .50-caliber
Sgt. Maj. Anthony Cruz Jr. fires a Mk2 .50-caliber machine gun from CH-46E Sea Knight here Dec. 4. Cruz, a Bronx, N.Y., native serves as the sergeant major of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s aviation comba... More
Staff Sgt. Jonathan J. Solla holds his promotion warrant
Staff Sgt. Jonathan J. Solla holds his promotion warrant aboard USS Makin Island here Feb. 1. Solla serves as postal chief for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is deployed as part of the Makin Islan... More
Sgt. Jeffrey D. Lanuzo loads ammunition before a shoot
Sgt. Jeffrey D. Lanuzo loads ammunition before a shoot aboard USS Makin Island here Feb. 26. Lanuzi serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit i... More
Lance Cpl. Grant T. Adkisson climbs a ladder doubling
Lance Cpl. Grant T. Adkisson climbs a ladder doubling as a stretcher as part of rescue training at the San Francisco Fire Fighting School July 14. Adkisson, a Lawrence, Ind., native, is part of the 11th Marine ... More
Capt. Matthew J. McGirr pins a Navy Achievement Medal
Capt. Matthew J. McGirr pins a Navy Achievement Medal to Lance Cpl. John S. Galloup aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 2. McGirr, a Buffalo, N.Y., native and Galloup, a Traverse City, Mich., native, serve with t... More
Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines and sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit gather in USS Makin Island's hangar during a barbecue here Dec. 11. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Di... More
Lance Cpl. Giant C. Luquertejo loads ammunition before
Lance Cpl. Giant C. Luquertejo loads ammunition before firing aboard USS Makin Island here, Feb. 20. The Houston native serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing ... More
Sgt. Eric D. Lattea hands out food to his Marines in
Sgt. Eric D. Lattea hands out food to his Marines in USS Makin Island’s hangar here Oct. 1. Lattea, an Oak Harbor, Ohio native, serves as a squad leader for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landin... More
Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit stand in formation during a ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on P... More
Company I team leader Cpl. Joseph O. Mason practices
Company I team leader Cpl. Joseph O. Mason practices changing magazines aboard USS Makin Island here Sept. 9. The rifle company, one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, practiced weapons handling techniques... More
Marines and sailors serving with the 11th Marine
Marines and sailors serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit run on USS Makin Island to celebrate Thanksgiving Nov. 24. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Die... More
Cpl. Blake J. Morales teaches a class on machine guns
Cpl. Blake J. Morales teaches a class on machine guns aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 2. Morales, a Kansas City, Mo., native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The C... More
Cpl. Michael F. Riccardi moves a wooden pallet aboard
Cpl. Michael F. Riccardi moves a wooden pallet aboard USS Makin Island here Feb. 7. Riccardi, a Union City, N.J., native, serves as a legal clerk with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's command element. The u... More
Zachary Hinna is promoted to the rank of corporal aboard
Zachary Hinna is promoted to the rank of corporal aboard USS Makin Island here April 1. Hinna serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit is deplo... More
Cpl. Jonathan P. Garcia, from Pecos, Texas, changes
Cpl. Jonathan P. Garcia, from Pecos, Texas, changes magazines while shooting at silhouette targets aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Garcia is a military policeman assigned to the log... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1 debark CH-46 Sea Knights here Sept. 4. The Marines performed a live-fire, long-range helicopter raid between USS Makin Island... More
An AH-1Z Super Cobra carrying Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox
An AH-1Z Super Cobra carrying Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox lands aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 14. The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet commander visited the ship and Marines and sailors of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Buyannemekn Tsogtbaatar inspects
Petty Officer 3rd Class Buyannemekn Tsogtbaatar inspects his weapon before firing aboard USS Makin Island here Feb. 26. Tsogtbaatar serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battal... More
A soldier with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force,
A soldier with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment conceals himself during a break in a hike here Feb. 15. The soldiers are participating alongside Marines with 1st Tank Batta... More
Lance Cpl. Samuel A. Shehata practices falling during
Lance Cpl. Samuel A. Shehata practices falling during martial arts training aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 5. Shehata, a Lancaster, Ohio, native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion La... More
AH-1Z Super Cobras with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
AH-1Z Super Cobras with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) sit on the flight deck of USS Makin Island here Feb. 8. The unit is deplo... More
A SH-60 Sea Hawk caring snipers, with the 11th Marine
A SH-60 Sea Hawk caring snipers, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, prepares to land aboard USS Makin Island here Feb. 8. The unit is deployed aboard th... More
Sgt. Orelous Hall dances with a Malaysian child at
Sgt. Orelous Hall dances with a Malaysian child at an orphanage here May 19. Hall serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's command element. The unit is deployed as part of the Makin Island Ready Group, ... More
The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's sergeant major,
The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Scott T. Pile, speaks to the unit's Marines and sailors in USS Makin Island's hangar Nov. 19. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans a... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice moving people using Stokes baskets during high-angle rescue training with Northern Calif... More
An AH-1Z Super Cobra, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
An AH-1Z Super Cobra, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), takes off from USS Makin Island Nov. 17. The unit embarked USS Makin ... More
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s combat
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s combat logistics element use pinch bars and lumber to roll a 4,000-pound concrete block during collapse structure rescue training at the San Francisco Fire Figh... More
Gunnery Sgt. Lawrence T. O'Connor demonstrates
Gunnery Sgt. Lawrence T. O'Connor demonstrates weapons-handling techniques to his platoon aboard USS Makin Island Dec. 2. O'Connor, an Indianapolis native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Batta... More
Cpl. Brayden T. Stolter cleans the inside of a CH-46E
Cpl. Brayden T. Stolter cleans the inside of a CH-46E Sea Knight aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 17. Stolter, a Brookings, Ore., native, serves as a crew chief with the 11th marine Expeditionary Unit's aviati... More
Staff Sgt. Brandon S. Foote salutes USS Arizona from
Staff Sgt. Brandon S. Foote salutes USS Arizona from aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 21. Foote, an Augusta, Ga., native, serves as the dispersion chief with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit embark... More
Cpl. Marco L. Alires cleans the bolt from an M4 carbine
Cpl. Marco L. Alires cleans the bolt from an M4 carbine aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 1. Alires, an Albuquerque, N.M., native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1. Th... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary unit stand in formation during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor here Dec. 7. The unit embarked USS Makin Island, USS... More
Gunnery Sgt. Lawrence T. O'Connor teaches his platoon
Gunnery Sgt. Lawrence T. O'Connor teaches his platoon weapons-handling techniques aboard USS Makin Island Dec. 2. O'Connor, an Indianapolis native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Lan... More
Cpl. Fidel Cazares chokes another Marine during a martial
Cpl. Fidel Cazares chokes another Marine during a martial arts exercise aboard USS Makin Island here, Feb. 10. Cazares, a Los Angeles, native serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's command element. Th... More
Cpl. Chris A. Cortes colors with a Malaysian child
Cpl. Chris A. Cortes colors with a Malaysian child at an orphanage here May 19. Cortes serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's logistics combat element, Combat Logistics Battalion 11. The unit is deplo... More
Cpl. Casey M. Harris rappels from the side of a five-story
Cpl. Casey M. Harris rappels from the side of a five-story building at the San Francisco Fire Fighter School during rescue training here July 13. Harris, a vertical-frame construction engineer with the 11th Mar... More
An AH-1Z Super Cobra, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
An AH-1Z Super Cobra, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), takes off from USS Makin Island Nov. 17. The unit embarked USS Makin ... More
A CH-53E Super Stallion from the Hawaii-based Marine
A CH-53E Super Stallion from the Hawaii-based Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 463 lands aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 23.
Cpl. Nhan B. Ngo, a vertical construction engineer
Cpl. Nhan B. Ngo, a vertical construction engineer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s combat logistics element, nails together a shore used to support crumbling buildings during rescue training at the Sa... More
Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force,
Soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment and Marines with 1st Tank Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., carry gear during a hike... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team 3/1 search a room during a long range helicopter training raid here Oct. 6. The unit embarked the amphibious assault ship Makin I... More
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1 fire pistols aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 18. The unit is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part ... More
First Sgt. Carey R. Wells speaks to ship sailors and
First Sgt. Carey R. Wells speaks to ship sailors and Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit graduating formal noncommissioned officer training aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 18. Wells, a Christchurch,... More
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) lands aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 23. The unit embarked USS Makin Isl... More
Sgt. Richard J. Andis, left, and Cpl. Andrew J. Comtois
Sgt. Richard J. Andis, left, and Cpl. Andrew J. Comtois practice martial arts aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 3. The Marines serve with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The Cam... More
Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox awards a Navy and Marine Corps
Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox awards a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Sgt. Ben H. Wooden aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 14. The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet commander visited the ship and Marines and sailors of... More
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) lifts an engine off the deck of USS Makin Island here, April 25. The u... More
Cpl. Karsten M. Foerster paints a CH-46E Sea Knight
Cpl. Karsten M. Foerster paints a CH-46E Sea Knight aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 17. Foerster, an Indianapolis native, serves as an airframe mechanic with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation comb... More
Capt. Karin B. Wareing inspects a CH-46E Sea Knight
Capt. Karin B. Wareing inspects a CH-46E Sea Knight before flying here Nov. 25. Wareing, a Penacook, N.H., native, serves as a CH-46E Sea Knight pilot with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat e... More
Cpl. Chad J. Chedrick is presented a certificate for
Cpl. Chad J. Chedrick is presented a certificate for graduating corporal's course by Gunnery Sgt. Michael M. Freeman aboard USS Makin Island here March 30. Chedrick serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Uni... More
Sgt. Roel A. Perez talks to his Marines before a recovery
Sgt. Roel A. Perez talks to his Marines before a recovery exercise aboard USS Makin Island here April 28. Perez serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 3/1... More
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) lands aboard USS Makin Island here Nov. 23. The unit embarked USS Makin Isl... More
Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team
Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, carry fellow Marines with simulated injuries to a CH-46E helicopter after conducting a helicop... More
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Michael P. Edwards pulls
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Michael P. Edwards pulls the lanyard on a 120 mm mortar system, causing it to fire June 21. Edwards, a Rome, N.Y., native, serves as the first sergeant for Battery K. The battery prov... More
Lance Cpl. Zachary Hinna stands watch at a beach here
Lance Cpl. Zachary Hinna stands watch at a beach here Feb. 3. Hinna serves with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is deployed as part of the ... More
CRRC ops from Makin Island during Exercise Iron Fist
Staff Sgt. Donald J. Hammond, administration chief with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from Memphis, Tenn., participates in a game of spades here Feb. 25. Hammond is playing in a tournament designed to inc... More
USS Makin Island Combat Cargo Chief Briefs Soldiers
A combat cargo Marine stationed aboard USS Makin Island briefs soldiers from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, Western Army Infantry Regiment, about boarding aircraft here, Feb. 26, 2011. The Marines and ... More
Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company watch an explosion here July 21. A detachment of Marines and sailors from the company performed close-air support training in preparation for their upcoming de... More
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) is parked on USS Makin Island while USS Pearl Harbor sails in the background here Sept. 30. The squadron serves as the aviation comb... More
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary
An AV-8B Harrier with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), takes off from USS Makin Island here Nov. 20 for a joint air-to-air traini... More
Staff Sgt. Natalio C. Cortez does push ups to warm
Staff Sgt. Natalio C. Cortez does push ups to warm up for martial arts practice aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 5. Cortez, a Houston native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing ... More
Brig. Gen. Brian D. Beaudreault speaks with Cpl. Andrew
Brig. Gen. Brian D. Beaudreault speaks with Cpl. Andrew Kremmel aboard USS Makin Island here Jan. 15. Beaudreault, who serves as the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command deputy commanding general, visited t... More
Sgt. William O. McLaughlin squats another Marine during
Sgt. William O. McLaughlin squats another Marine during an exercise session aboard USS Makin Island here March 30. McLaughlin, a New York, native serves as an administration clerk with the 11th Marine Expeditio... More
Gunnery Sgt. Lawrence T. O'Connor demonstrates
Gunnery Sgt. Lawrence T. O'Connor demonstrates weapons-handling techniques to his platoon aboard USS Makin Island Dec. 2. O'Connor, an Indianapolis native, serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Batta... More
Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit learn
Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit learn how to use a fire hose aboard USS Makin Island. The unit is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready... More
An Assault Craft Unit 5 hovercraft carries vehicles
An Assault Craft Unit 5 hovercraft carries vehicles and Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Djibouti here Feb. 2. The units are deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, a U.S.... More
2nd Lt. Edward W. Miller faces away from targets after
2nd Lt. Edward W. Miller faces away from targets after firing aboard USS Makin Island here, Feb. 20. Miller serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 3/1. Th... More
Cpl. Sloane A. Toll pulls the lanyard on a 120 mm mortar
Cpl. Sloane A. Toll pulls the lanyard on a 120 mm mortar system, causing it to fire June 21. Toll, a Port Angeles, Wash., native, serves with Battery K, which provides artillery and indirect fire for Battalion ... More
Staff Sgt. Jeffery Whilton gives Malaysian soldiers
Staff Sgt. Jeffery Whilton gives Malaysian soldiers a class about helicopter raids here Dec. 17, during Exercise Kilat Eagle, a bilateral training exercise between Marine and sailors of the 11th Marine Expediti... More
Lance Cpl. Cody D. Bradley learns to use a fire hose
Lance Cpl. Cody D. Bradley learns to use a fire hose aboard USS Makin Island. Bradley, a Hoisington, Kan., native serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit is current... More
Staff Sgt. Heath Moon prepares to throw a ball during
Staff Sgt. Heath Moon prepares to throw a ball during a dodge ball tournament aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 11. Moon serves with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team 3/1. The unit emb... More
Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company watch an explosion here July 21. A detachment of Marines and sailors from the company performed close-air support training in preparation for their upcoming de... More
Radio checks aboard Makin Island
Cpl. Scott Tricou (left), from Hammond, La., and Cpl. Kyle Kerran (right), from Canal Winchester, Ohio, perform radio checks on a Harris 117 radio in preparation of exercises aboard USS Makin Island here Feb. 2... More
Spades tournament, US Marine Corps Photo
Marines, with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors, stationed aboard USS Makin Island, play a card game against each other here Feb. 25. Sailors and Marines are participating in a spades tournament to... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, the logistics combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice securing people to Stokes baskets during high-angle rescue training with Northern Califo... More
Marine performs aircraft maintenance
A Marine serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), maintains an AV-8B Harrier here Oct. 3. The unit embarked USS Makin Island... More