Corporal Luis D. Ramirez, a motor transportation operator
Corporal Luis D. Ramirez, a motor transportation operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of West Valley City, Utah, hands out food to a role-player during human... More
Cpl. Ben M. Birkemeier, an assault amphibious vehicle
Cpl. Ben M. Birkemeier, an assault amphibious vehicle crew chief with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, tosses a rope to another AAV during water recovery training as part of Ex... More
An Australian soldier praises his explosives-detection
An Australian soldier praises his explosives-detection dog after inspecting a vehicle during Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 at the Williamson Airfield, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia, July 17, 2017. Tali... More
U.S. Navy Sailors, members of the ceremonial color
U.S. Navy Sailors, members of the ceremonial color guard, hold ceremonial rifles during the closing ceremony of Exercise Talisman Saber 17 aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), ported in Brisbane, Queensland, ... More
Gunnery Sgt. John L. Esguerra, a motor transportation
Gunnery Sgt. John L. Esguerra, a motor transportation chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, briefs Marines during a humanitarian assistance-disaster relief mission as part of Amphibious Integration Training... More
A Marine with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team,
A Marine with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, conducts a night patrol during an airfield seizure as a part of Certification Exercise in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queens... More
Three MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine
Three MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit take off from Samuel Hill Airfield in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area on July... More
A U.S. Navy landing craft heads seaward after delivering
A U.S. Navy landing craft heads seaward after delivering Marines, vehicles and equipment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during ... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Migel Lopezguille, left foreground,
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Migel Lopezguille, left foreground, a team leader, and Sgt. Wesly Weber, right foreground, an assistant team leader, both with Military Information Support Operations and assigned to the ... More
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fire a Carl Gustav rocket system during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland... More
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle belonging to India Company,
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle belonging to India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, creates tracks across Freshwater Beach, Shoalwater Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during wate... More
TACLOG keeps 31st MEU Marines on the move
Staff Sgt. Jorge Estrada, a warehouse clerk with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Tactical Logistics Group, reviews flight manifests aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) while underway off the coast of Q... More
Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, navigate Combat Rubber Raiding Craft inside Australian Defence Force’s Cowley Beach Training Area d... More
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fire a Carl Gustav rocket system during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland... More
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 takes a
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 takes a short break after small-arms and machine gun marksmanship training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queens... More
A pallet of 155 mm artillery shells and other munitions
A pallet of 155 mm artillery shells and other munitions sit staged on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 13, 2017. The shells belong to Golf Battery, Battali... More
A Light Armored Vehicle belonging to Weapons Company,
A Light Armored Vehicle belonging to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, sits atop an observation point on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia,... More
Bbealdur, an explosives-detecting dog, practices “bite
Bbealdur, an explosives-detecting dog, practices “bite work” on a willing Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 in th... More
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit gather
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit gather after landing on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 13, 2017. Talisman Saber is... More
Lance Cpl. Quentin Propson prepares to drop an 81-mm
Lance Cpl. Quentin Propson prepares to drop an 81-mm mortar shell as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 21, 2017. Propson, a native of Green Bay, is a mortarman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Tea... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 land at
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 land at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during a noncombatant evacuation operation as part of Certification Exercise, Aug. 12, 2017. During CERTEX... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 fire M249
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 fire M249 Squad Automatic Weapons as part of small-arms and machine gun marksmanship training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Tra... More
The pilot of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from
The pilot of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives ground personnel the “thumbs-up” before taking off from Samue... More
Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, secure ropes between two Assault Amphibious Vehicles during water recovery training as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 17 off the ... More
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 guides
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 guides a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle after small-arms and machine gun marksmanship training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoa... More
An AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter flies above Townshend
An AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter flies above Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 18, 2017. The Super Cobra belongs to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Re... More
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 takes account
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 takes account of his M4 carbine after small-arms and machine gun marksmanship training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training ... More
SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, QUEENSLAND, Australia,
SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, QUEENSLAND, Australia, (July 15, 2017) – Lt. Col. Michael R. Hyde, Executive Officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Force, preps his gear aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) ... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 carry
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 carry marksmanship targets before small-arms and machine gun training on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisma... More
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fire a Carl Gustav rocket system during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland... More
Sgt. William Fabrocini, a mortarman with Weapons Company,
Sgt. William Fabrocini, a mortarman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, drops an 81-mm mortar shell as part of a combined joint live-fire exercise during Exercise Talisman ... More
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle belonging to India Company,
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle belonging to India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, sits surfside at Freshwater Beach during water recovery training as part of Exercise Talisman Saber ... More
Cpl. Jesse A. Beaver, a team leader with India Company,
Cpl. Jesse A. Beaver, a team leader with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, shoots an azimuth with a lensatic compass during an amphibious raid as part of the 31st Marine Expedit... More
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit run
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit run out of an MV-22B Osprey during a landing in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 23, 2017. The Osprey belongs to Marine Medium Tiltro... More
Cpl. Collin Jones, an assault amphibious vehicle crewman
Cpl. Collin Jones, an assault amphibious vehicle crewman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, sits inside an Assault Amphibious Vehicle after landing on Townshend Island, Shoa... More
Cpl. Kyle A. Gartner, an Assault Amphibious Vehicle
Cpl. Kyle A. Gartner, an Assault Amphibious Vehicle crewman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, drives an AAV during water recovery training as part of Exercise Talisman Sabe... More
Cpl. Dakota Hergessell, a team leader with India Company,
Cpl. Dakota Hergessell, a team leader with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrols during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 in Freshwater Beach, Shoal... More
Lance Cpl. Mason J. Blankenship, an Assault Amphibious
Lance Cpl. Mason J. Blankenship, an Assault Amphibious Vehicle driver with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, tosses a rope to another AAV during water recovery training as part ... More
A U.S. Marine assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing
A U.S. Marine assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit patrols a field in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area on July 16. The 31st MEU is particip... More
Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, reach land inside Australian Defence Force’s Cowley Beach Training Area during an amphibious raid r... More
Sgt. Antonio Jimenez, a field radio operator with Combat
Sgt. Antonio Jimenez, a field radio operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, uses a radio during a noncombatant evacuation operation as part of Certification Exercise at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queens... More
A U.S. Marine assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing
A U.S. Marine assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit waits for extraction after conducting operations in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area on ... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 stack
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 stack marksmanship targets on the back of a 7-ton truck on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, Ju... More
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fire a Carl Gustav rocket system during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland... More
U.S. Navy Sailors, members of the ceremonial color
U.S. Navy Sailors, members of the ceremonial color guard, hold the U.S. and Australian flags during the closing ceremony of Exercise Talisman Saber 17 aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), ported in Brisbane, ... More
Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, unload an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during an airfield seizure as a part of Certification Exercise in the Shoalwater Bay Tra... More
Cpl. Joshua Kelley, an assault amphibious vehicle crewman
Cpl. Joshua Kelley, an assault amphibious vehicle crewman with India Company, Battalion landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, sits atop an Assault Amphibious Vehicle after landing on Townshend Island, Shoal... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 fire M240G
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 fire M240G medium machine guns and an M2 .50-caliber Browning machine gun as part of convoy live-fire training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, S... More
Lance Cpl. John M. Malarsie, a rifleman with India
Lance Cpl. John M. Malarsie, a rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, escorts an evacuee role player during a humanitarian assistance-disaster relief mission as part of... More
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to take off from Samuel Hill Airfield in the Shoalwater Bay Training Are... More
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle belonging to India Company,
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle belonging to India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, sits poised for launch on Freshwater Beach, Shoalwater Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during ... More
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, adjust a mortar sighting system during the ongoing Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area,... More
Cpl. Peter Milne, a 23-year-old squad leader with Weapons
Cpl. Peter Milne, a 23-year-old squad leader with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, punches the bore of an 81-mm mortar during the ongoing Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townsh... More
Lance Cpl. Matthew D. Long, a machine gunner with Combined
Lance Cpl. Matthew D. Long, a machine gunner with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, sights-in with an M4 carbine as part of immediate action drills... More
Lance Cpl. Jacob Colvin, a combat correspondent with
Lance Cpl. Jacob Colvin, a combat correspondent with American Forces Network, Yokota Air Base, Japan, currently supporting the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sits inside a 7-ton truck before small-arms and mac... More
Lance Cpl. Jacob Colvin, a combat correspondent with
Lance Cpl. Jacob Colvin, a combat correspondent with the American Forces Network, Yokota Air Base, Japan, currently supporting the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M4 carbine as part of small-arms and m... More
Sgt. Andrew Young, left, and Sgt. Keyne Hernandez mount
Sgt. Andrew Young, left, and Sgt. Keyne Hernandez mount an M240G medium machine gun onto a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle before convoy live-fire training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townsh... More
An U.S. Marine from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,
An U.S. Marine from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, unloads cargo from Landing Craft Air Cushion 21, assigned to Naval Beach Unit 7, at Freshwater Beach, Queensland, Australia, July 22. The NBU 7 and 31st M... More
U.S. Navy Capt. George Doyon, commodore of the Bonhomme
U.S. Navy Capt. George Doyon, commodore of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, ducks after dropping an 81-mm mortar shell as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 20, 2017. The 31st Marine Exped... More
SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, QUEENSLAND, Australia,
SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, QUEENSLAND, Australia, (July 15, 2017) – Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Forward Command Element wait to board an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft aboard t... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Robinson, a corpsman
Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Robinson, a corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, fires an M16A4 service rifle as part of small-arms and machine gun marksmanship training on Townshend Island, Shoalwater ... More
A High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle with Weapons
A High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, drives along a dusty road on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Au... More
Cpl. Anthony Vallejo, a mechanic with Combat Logistics
Cpl. Anthony Vallejo, a mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, sits ready for small-arms and machine gun marksmanship training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Trainin... More
A crew chief aboard an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
A crew chief aboard an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced) observes the landing zone during a reconnaissance and surveillance insertion in the Shoalwater Bay ... More
A pallet of 155 mm artillery shells sit staged on Townshend
A pallet of 155 mm artillery shells sit staged on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 13, 2017. The shells belong to Golf Battery, Batt... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 sit on a
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 sit on a hillside before a demolition range during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 18, 2017. ... More
Cpl. Danny Cook, a radio operator with Combat Logistics
Cpl. Danny Cook, a radio operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, sits inside a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle gon Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 14,... More
Service members from several partner nations sit atop
Service members from several partner nations sit atop the flight deck during the closing ceremony of Exercise Talisman Saber 17 aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), ported in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ... More
An assault pack with field supplies attached to the
An assault pack with field supplies attached to the outside hangs inside an Assault Amphibious Vehicle during an amphibious raid as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Certification Exercise in Freshwa... More
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lifts off from
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lifts off from a hilltop during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 18, 2017. The MV-22B is the Marine C... More
Lance Cpl. Jacob Colvin, a combat correspondent with
Lance Cpl. Jacob Colvin, a combat correspondent with American Forces Network, Yokota Air Base, Japan, currently supporting the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sits inside a 7-ton truck before small-arms and mac... More
A U.S. Marine assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion,
A U.S. Marine assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, peers down his AN/PVQ-31 Rifle Combat Optic at a simulated enemy during a mock mechanized raid at the Shoalwater ... More
Chief Warrant Officer Steven Tamm, an explosive ordnance
Chief Warrant Officer Steven Tamm, an explosive ordnance disposal officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, helps set up a general-purpose tent at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Townshend Island, Australia, du... More
Mortars Platoon, Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team,
Mortars Platoon, Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fired several hundred shells during Talisman Saber 17, refining their day and night targeting capabilities as part of a Combine... More
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, adjust the sights on an 81-mm mortar as part of a combined joint live-fire exercise during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshe... More
Sgt. Antonio Jimenez, a field radio operator with Combat
Sgt. Antonio Jimenez, a field radio operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, records evacuee role players’ information at a processing point during a noncombatant evacuation operation as part of Certificati... More
A view as seen out of the back of an MV-22B Osprey
A view as seen out of the back of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft overlooking the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 23, 2017. The Osprey belongs to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 2... More
Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, navigate Combat Rubber Raiding Craft inside Australian Defence Force’s Cowley Beach Training Area d... More
A five-gallon water jug sits attached to a Light Armored
A five-gallon water jug sits attached to a Light Armored Vehicle belonging to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, in preparation for Exercise Talisman Sabre 17 aboard the USS Bo... More
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, spend a few minutes of pause as the sun sets at the end of day five of Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwat... More
U.S. Navy Capt. George Doyon, left, U.S. Marine Col.
U.S. Navy Capt. George Doyon, left, U.S. Marine Col. Tye R. Wallace, center, and Australian Navy Capt. Guy Holthouse spend a moment discussing the ongoing Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwa... More
Boxes of tray rations sit staged on a hilltop as the
Boxes of tray rations sit staged on a hilltop as the sun rises over Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 16, 2017. Marines with Combat L... More
Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team,
Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, fire an M777A2 155 mm howitzer as part of direct-fire training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Ba... More
Lance Cpl. Talon Wolfe, a rifleman with India Company,
Lance Cpl. Talon Wolfe, a rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, takes a short rest during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area,... More
An 81-mm mortar round flies through the air above Townshend
An 81-mm mortar round flies through the air above Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 19, 2017. Marines with Weapons Company, Batta... More
Lance Cpl. Quentin Propson prepares to drop an 81-mm
Lance Cpl. Quentin Propson prepares to drop an 81-mm mortar shell as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 20, 2017. Propson, a native of Green Bay, is a mortarman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Tea... More
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lands on a hilltop
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lands on a hilltop as the sun rises over Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 16, 2017. The Osprey b... More
A U.S. Army S-60 helicopter prepares to land during
A U.S. Army S-60 helicopter prepares to land during a casualty evacuation drill on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17, July 15, 2017. Talism... More
A view as seen out of the back of an MV-22B Osprey
A view as seen out of the back of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft overlooking the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 23, 2017. The Osprey belongs to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 2... More
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 fires an
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 fires an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon as part of small-arms and machine gun marksmanship training during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 unload
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 unload marksmanship targets from the back of a 7-ton truck on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17,... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 gather for
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 gather for a hot meal during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 18, 2017. Combat cooks with CLB-... More
Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, carry a mock casualty after a simulated improvised explosive device detonation during humanitarian assistance-disaster relief training as part of... More
Service members from several partner nations watch
Service members from several partner nations watch the closing ceremony of Exercise Talisman Saber 17 aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), ported in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 25, 2017. Talisman Sa... More
Service members, distinguished guests and Australian
Service members, distinguished guests and Australian media members watch the closing ceremony of Exercise Talisman Saber 17 aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), ported in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July... More
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit shield
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit shield themselves from the rotor wash of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st MEU, on Townshend Island, Shoalwater B... More
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle belonging to India Company,
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle belonging to India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, creates tracks across Freshwater Beach, Shoalwater Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during wate... More
Lance Cpl. Mason J. Blankenship, an Assault Amphibious
Lance Cpl. Mason J. Blankenship, an Assault Amphibious Vehicle driver with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, drives an AAV during water recovery training as part of Exercise Tal... More
Cpl. Michael Disilvestro, a team leader with India
Cpl. Michael Disilvestro, a team leader with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, rests during a patrol during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 in Freshwa... More
Lance Cpl. Ana Maisashvili and Cpl. Jared A. Colbridge
Lance Cpl. Ana Maisashvili and Cpl. Jared A. Colbridge wait for takeoff inside a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the USS Ashland (LSD 48) during a noncombatant evacuation operation as part of the 31st M... More