An explosive charge detonates Feb. 8 at Camp Schwab during basic demolition training hosted by 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company. During the training, Marines learned about assorted shaped charges, common types of explosives and demolition charge preparation. The company is part of 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - An explosive charge detonates Feb. 8 at Camp Schwab during basic demolition training hosted by 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company. During the training, Marines learned about assorted shaped charges, common types of explosives and demolition charge preparation. The company is part of 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Sgt. Johnathon C. Beck navigates using an onboard computer Feb. 7 at White Beach Naval Facility during a safety boat qualification course. The weeklong course familiarized students with the operation and upkeep of safety boats. Beck is a reconnaissance man with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Sgt. Johnathon C. Beck navigates using an onboard computer Feb. 7 at White Beach Naval Facility during a safety boat qualification course. The weeklong course familiarized students with the operation and upkeep of safety boats. Beck is a reconnaissance man with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Brig. Gen. Frederick M. Padilla speaks with Marines of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Jan. 31 at the Camp Schwab theater during a welcome aboard brief. The battalion is currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. Padilla is the commanding general of 3rd Marine Division. - Brig. Gen. Frederick M. Padilla speaks with Marines of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Jan. 31 at the Camp Schwab theater during a welcome aboard brief. The battalion is currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. Padilla is the commanding general of 3rd Marine Division.
Lance Cpl. Austin J. Lapierre fires an M777 A2 155 mm howitzer Jan. 30 during Exercise Fire Dragon 13-2 in the East Fuji Maneuver Area. The live-fire portion of Fire Dragon provides Marines the opportunity to enhance their mission capabilities in artillery operations. Lapierre is a field artillery cannoneer with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpl. Austin J. Lapierre fires an M777 A2 155 mm howitzer Jan. 30 during Exercise Fire Dragon 13-2 in the East Fuji Maneuver Area. The live-fire portion of Fire Dragon provides Marines the opportunity to enhance their mission capabilities in artillery operations. Lapierre is a field artillery cannoneer with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lawrence Decker, right, listens to a patient’s chest at the Preah Ket Melea Hospital, Phnom Penh, Jan. 25 during Cambodia Medical Exercise 13-1. Marine Corps and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces medical personnel worked together during subject-matter expert exchanges to increase medical capability, capacity and interoperability. Decker is the subject-matter expert in emergency medicine with 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lawrence Decker, right, listens to a patient’s chest at the Preah Ket Melea Hospital, Phnom Penh, Jan. 25 during Cambodia Medical Exercise 13-1. Marine Corps and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces medical personnel worked together during subject-matter expert exchanges to increase medical capability, capacity and interoperability. Decker is the subject-matter expert in emergency medicine with 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 2nd Lt. Akihiro Oyabu, center, helps carry a ramp to the end of a medium-girder bridge Marines and JGSDF members constructed Feb. 1 at Camp Hansen. JGSDF officers spent time with 9th Engineer Support Battalion over a five-week period, learning the different aspects and functions of 9th ESB. Oyabu is an infantryman with 12th Infantry Regiment, 8th Division, Western Army, JGSDF. The Marines are with 9th ESB, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 2nd Lt. Akihiro Oyabu, center, helps carry a ramp to the end of a medium-girder bridge Marines and JGSDF members constructed Feb. 1 at Camp Hansen. JGSDF officers spent time with 9th Engineer Support Battalion over a five-week period, learning the different aspects and functions of 9th ESB. Oyabu is an infantryman with 12th Infantry Regiment, 8th Division, Western Army, JGSDF. The Marines are with 9th ESB, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Richards is awarded his second distinguished shooting medal following the 2013 Far East Division Matches award ceremony Feb. 1 at the Camp Hansen theater. Richards is one of approximately 50 double-distinguished marksmen on active-duty in the Marine Corps. He is the captain of the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler shooting team, Marine Corps Installations Pacific. - Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Richards is awarded his second distinguished shooting medal following the 2013 Far East Division Matches award ceremony Feb. 1 at the Camp Hansen theater. Richards is one of approximately 50 double-distinguished marksmen on active-duty in the Marine Corps. He is the captain of the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler shooting team, Marine Corps Installations Pacific.
Sergeants James T. Wilkins, left, and Kevin J. Van Arsdale, right, guide Marines as they exit an MV-22B Osprey Jan. 29 at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. Ospreys transported Marines into the training area to begin the culminating event of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group-sponsored corporals course. Wilkins and Van Arsdale are course instructors. - Sergeants James T. Wilkins, left, and Kevin J. Van Arsdale, right, guide Marines as they exit an MV-22B Osprey Jan. 29 at the Central Training Area near Camp Hansen. Ospreys transported Marines into the training area to begin the culminating event of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group-sponsored corporals course. Wilkins and Van Arsdale are course instructors.
An MV-22B Osprey and its crew prepare to extract Marines with 3rd Supply Battalion from a landing zone during a supply management unit exercise Jan. 25 at Kin Blue Training Area near Camp Hansen. The exercise placed the Marines in a simulated deployed environment, where they practiced infantry and convoy tactics as well as preformed their supply functions. 3rd Supply Battalion is part of Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - An MV-22B Osprey and its crew prepare to extract Marines with 3rd Supply Battalion from a landing zone during a supply management unit exercise Jan. 25 at Kin Blue Training Area near Camp Hansen. The exercise placed the Marines in a simulated deployed environment, where they practiced infantry and convoy tactics as well as preformed their supply functions. 3rd Supply Battalion is part of Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.