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Military Police with Combat Logistics Company 19, 1st

Military Police with Combat Logistics Company 19, 1st

Military Police with Combat Logistics Company 19, 1st Marine Logistics Group, pause their patrol and set up security while patrol leaders plan the next move here, Nov. 9. The Marines of the Military Police deta... More

Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding general, Multi National

Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding general, Multi National

Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding general, Multi National Force - West, answers questions from an Iraqi reporter following a meeting with an Iraqi deputy of the Ministry of Interior, Anbar's Iraqi Security Force... More

U.S. soldiers with Regional Psychological Support Element

U.S. soldiers with Regional Psychological Support Element

U.S. soldiers with Regional Psychological Support Element (RPSE), Regional Command (Southwest), prepare to conduct a pamphlet drop in order to communicate a message of conversion and reintegration to the Afghan... More

On March 3, 2006, this area held possible weapon caches, which were found by Marines with 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6), Regimental CombatTeam 5, while patrolling in the villages of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Jaws V. I MEF FWD and MNF-W conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and Democratic elections in order to create a secure government that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Adaecus G. Brooks) (Released)

On March 3, 2006, this area held possible weapon caches, which were fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40580 Scene Camera Operator: CP... More

Lance Cpl. Russell L. Pope, scout, Company D, 1st Light

Lance Cpl. Russell L. Pope, scout, Company D, 1st Light

Lance Cpl. Russell L. Pope, scout, Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, posts security near a small village, Nov. 11. It wasn't long after breakfast the very next day that... More

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, assigned to

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, assigned to

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, assigned to Afghanistan's 215th Corps, assembles an M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. As Internation... More

Cpl. Justin S. Sher, a 21-year-old combat engineer,

Cpl. Justin S. Sher, a 21-year-old combat engineer,

Cpl. Justin S. Sher, a 21-year-old combat engineer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, pours concrete into a crater caused by erosion on the Camp Sinjar airstrip. These Marines are repairing the airstrip to make... More

Sgt. Susan Ortiz (middle), administrative specialist

Sgt. Susan Ortiz (middle), administrative specialist

Sgt. Susan Ortiz (middle), administrative specialist with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), plays with her nieces, Katelynn, 4, and Madilynn, 6, Feb. 27, as approximately 150 Marines and sailors prepare ... More

Staff Sgt. Charles Weatherly supervises Combat Logistics

Staff Sgt. Charles Weatherly supervises Combat Logistics

Staff Sgt. Charles Weatherly supervises Combat Logistics Battalion 4 vehicles entering friendly lines at Forward Operating Base Edinburgh March 13. The CLB-4 combat logistics patrol was delivering supplies to t... More

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (2/7), Regimental Combat Team 7 patrol through local Afghan settlements and shops in Montakee, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. The Marines of 2/... More

An Afghan Local Police officer-in-training curls sandbags

An Afghan Local Police officer-in-training curls sandbags

An Afghan Local Police officer-in-training curls sandbags during a physical conditioning session, May 31, 2012. During the three-week course, Marines from Police Advisor Team 2, Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7... More

Employees of PPI Construction, a British contracting

Employees of PPI Construction, a British contracting

Employees of PPI Construction, a British contracting firm, clear extra wood from a billeting area aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2008. Camp Fallujah is being demilitarized to be turned over to the Iraqi government.

Lance Cpl. Allan Wargo, from Canonsburg, Penn., team

Lance Cpl. Allan Wargo, from Canonsburg, Penn., team

Lance Cpl. Allan Wargo, from Canonsburg, Penn., team leader, Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, leads a set of pushups for Afghan Local Police-in-training, May 31, 2012. Durin... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. John A. Dalby with Weapons

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. John A. Dalby with Weapons

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. John A. Dalby with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (2/7), Regimental Combat Team 7, speaks with local Afghan elders in Montakee, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. The Marin... More

Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Member

Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Member

Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Member of Parliament Haji Mohammad Wali Alizai speaks to attendees of a shura at Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 8, 2012. Officials with the... More

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders and alumni football players on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan Oct. 01, 2012. The Cheerleaders and football players w... More

On March 2, 2006, A part of a mortar round was found by Marines with 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6), Regimental Combat Team 5, while on patrol in the farmlands of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Jaws V. I MEF FWD and MNF-W conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and Democratic elections in order to create a secure government that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Adaecus G. Brooks) (Released)

On March 2, 2006, A part of a mortar round was found by Marines with 3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40580 Scene Camera Operator: CP... More

On March 2, 2006, A weapon cache was found by Marines with 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6), Regimental Combat Team 5, while patrolling in the farmlands of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Jaws V. I MEF FWD and MNF-W conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and Democratic elections in order to create a secure government that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Adaecus G. Brooks) (Released)

On March 2, 2006, A weapon cache was found by Marines with 3rd Platoon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40580 Scene Camera Operator: CPL A... More

Cpl. Benjamin Mizell (right), a combat engineer with

Cpl. Benjamin Mizell (right), a combat engineer with

Cpl. Benjamin Mizell (right), a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 and Pfc. Shaun Chapell, combat engineer from MWSS-273, work together to fill a large hole on a taxiway at Sahl Sinjar Air Fi... More

A small extension of the Fallujah Career Retention

A small extension of the Fallujah Career Retention

A small extension of the Fallujah Career Retention Office now empty and vacant aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2008. Camp Fallujah is being demilitarized to be turned over to the Iraqi government.

Burton sees sustainable progress for Afghanistan

Burton sees sustainable progress for Afghanistan

A great deal of sustainable improvement in Helmand province has been accomplished throughout the past decade according to Assistant Chief of Staff Col. Dave Burton, the II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) i... More

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders and alumni football players on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan Oct. 02, 2012. The Cheerleaders and football players w... More

Brig. Gen. Andrew O'Donnell Jr., the 3rd Marine Aircraft

Brig. Gen. Andrew O'Donnell Jr., the 3rd Marine Aircraft

Brig. Gen. Andrew O'Donnell Jr., the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) commanding general, cuts the first piece of cake during the 3rd MAW (Fwd) cake cutting ceremony held at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Nov... More

Navy Chief Petty Officer Scott Abbott takes the podium

Navy Chief Petty Officer Scott Abbott takes the podium

Navy Chief Petty Officer Scott Abbott takes the podium and reads Chief Petty Officer Raymond Border’s biography, then shares memories of his service with Border. The chiefs’ mess on Camp Krutke, aboard Camp Lea... More

Helmand Provincial Governor Mohammad Naeem Baloch listens

Helmand Provincial Governor Mohammad Naeem Baloch listens

Helmand Provincial Governor Mohammad Naeem Baloch listens to efforts underway to counter narcotics during a shura at Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 8, 2012. Officials with the Government of... More

An empty parking lot near the dining facility aboard

An empty parking lot near the dining facility aboard

An empty parking lot near the dining facility aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 20, 2008. Camp Fallujah is being demilitarized to be turned over to the Iraqi government.

Marines make sandwiches at the sandwich bar during

Marines make sandwiches at the sandwich bar during

Marines make sandwiches at the sandwich bar during the final meal served at Dining Facility 1 aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 22, 2008. Camp Fallujah is being demilitarized to be turned over to the Iraqi government.

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers from 4th Tolay,

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers from 4th Tolay,

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers from 4th Tolay, 4th Kandak, 215th Corps train on a Russian D-30 2A18M 122-mm towed howitzers at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2012. The ANA soldiers wi... More

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders observe

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders observe

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders observe Marine recruits training at Camp Pendleton Nov. 30. A delegation of five senior ranking Afghan military and police leaders came to southern California to se... More

On March 3, 2006, a British weapon was found by Marines with 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6), Regimental Combat Team 5, while patrolling in the villages of Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Jaws V. I MEF FWD and MNF-W conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and Democratic elections in order to create a secure government that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Adaecus G. Brooks) (Released)

On March 3, 2006, a British weapon was found by Marines with 3rd Plato...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40580 Scene Camera Operator: CP... More

Maj. Gen John Kelly, commanding general, Multi National

Maj. Gen John Kelly, commanding general, Multi National

Maj. Gen John Kelly, commanding general, Multi National Force - West, shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Abdulamir Abbas Ali, deputy, Iraqi Ministry of Interior, after a meeting on Camp Fallujah with leaders from Anba... More

Sgt. Lindsey Sine, supply administration and operations

Sgt. Lindsey Sine, supply administration and operations

Sgt. Lindsey Sine, supply administration and operations specialist with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), holds her daughter, Feb. 27, as approximately 150 Marines and sailors prepare to deploy to Afghani... More

A Marine enjoys crossing the finishing line of the

A Marine enjoys crossing the finishing line of the

A Marine enjoys crossing the finishing line of the five-kilometer Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Nov. 4. During the event, approximately 600 personnel deployed to Afghanistan... More

Lance Cpl. Dakota Druce, rifleman, Police Advisor Team

Lance Cpl. Dakota Druce, rifleman, Police Advisor Team

Lance Cpl. Dakota Druce, rifleman, Police Advisor Team 2, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, leads Afghans training to become Afghan Local Police in jumping jacks, July... More

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders and alumni football players on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan Oct. 01, 2012. The Cheerleaders and football players w... More

Marines with 9th Communication Battalion prepare to

Marines with 9th Communication Battalion prepare to

Marines with 9th Communication Battalion prepare to fire on their target at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 2. The Marines conducted the live-fire exercise as they prepare to deploy to Afghanistan in support of co... More

Staff Sgt. Daniel C. Verduce, Camp Fallujah's assistant

Staff Sgt. Daniel C. Verduce, Camp Fallujah's assistant

Staff Sgt. Daniel C. Verduce, Camp Fallujah's assistant operations chief from I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), attempts to scale a concrete T-wall barrier in order to hook a crane to the wall and take it... More

Staff Sgt. Jeff J. Vandentop, I Marine Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Jeff J. Vandentop, I Marine Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Jeff J. Vandentop, I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group company gunnery sergeant, and I MHG's Marine Corps Martial Arts Program martial arts instructor course chief instructor, gives a bri... More

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, 3D Marine Air Wing, Regional Command Southwest, carries cargo to resupply Marines at Observation Post (OP) Shrine ... More

U.S. Ambassador, Stephen G. Mcfarland, left, and Government

U.S. Ambassador, Stephen G. Mcfarland, left, and Government

U.S. Ambassador, Stephen G. Mcfarland, left, and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) Member of Parliament Haji Mohammad Wali Alizai, right, to efforts underway to counter narcotics during ... More

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, 3D Marine Air Wing, Regional Command Southwest, lifts cargo from Forward Operating Base Whitehouse in Kajaki, Helm... More

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders and alumni football players on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan Oct. 01, 2012. The Cheerleaders and football players w... More

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders and alumni football players on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan Oct. 02, 2012. The Cheerleaders and football players w... More

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders and alumni football players on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan Oct. 01, 2012. The Cheerleaders and football players w... More

U.S. Marine Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine

U.S. Marine Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine

U.S. Marine Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines during a town hall meeting aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 17, 2012. Gen. James F. Amos, 35th comma... More

First Sgt. Demond Washington, company first sergeant,

First Sgt. Demond Washington, company first sergeant,

First Sgt. Demond Washington, company first sergeant, Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, pays his respects to Cpl. Daniel L. Linnabary II, during a memorial ceremony in the sweltering Afghanistan sunlight, Sept... More

Sgt. Joshua Anderson, combat engineer with I Marine

Sgt. Joshua Anderson, combat engineer with I Marine

Sgt. Joshua Anderson, combat engineer with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), plays with his daughter, Michelle, 1, Feb. 27, as approximately 150 Marines and sailors prepare to deploy to Afghanistan. Famil... More

A U.S. Marine  with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th

A U.S. Marine with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th

A U.S. Marine with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10) looks through his rifle combat optic before appoaching a vehicle check point (VCP), May 27, 2012. 2/10 Marines conducted the VCP to s... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest) writes notes while being briefed by the company commander of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment,... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division play music during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony aboard Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq, Dec. 9. 1st Armored Division is transferring autho... More

Sen. John S. McCain (Rep. - Ariz.) walks through the

Sen. John S. McCain (Rep. - Ariz.) walks through the

Sen. John S. McCain (Rep. - Ariz.) walks through the market district in Haditha, Iraq, on March 16, 2008. McCain visited with the mayor of Haditha, prominent members of the sheik community, and toured the marke... More

Afghans training to become Afghan Local Police conduct

Afghans training to become Afghan Local Police conduct

Afghans training to become Afghan Local Police conduct a partnered patrol with Marines as their final exercise before graduation, July 16, 2012. Marines with Police Advisor Team 2, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion,... More

Lance Cpl. John B. Adams, a Combat Videographer from

Lance Cpl. John B. Adams, a Combat Videographer from

Lance Cpl. John B. Adams, a Combat Videographer from 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, films video footage during the final meal served at Dining Facility 1 aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, on No... More

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers fire a 122mm Howitzer

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers fire a 122mm Howitzer

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers fire a 122mm Howitzer 2A18 (D-30) artillery weapon aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. This is the first time that the ANA soldiers from the ... More

Fires and Effects Coordinator United States Marine

Fires and Effects Coordinator United States Marine

Fires and Effects Coordinator United States Marine Corps Colonel Michael Frazier supervises the leadership while Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers from 4th Tolay, 4th Kandak, 215th Corps train on a Russian D-... More

On March 5, 2006, the sun sets with lovely hues in a village outside of Fallujah, Iraq, as Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6), Regimental Combat Team 5, patrol. I MEF FWD and MNF-W conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and Democratic elections in order to create a secure government that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Adaecus G. Brooks) (Released)

On March 5, 2006, the sun sets with lovely hues in a village outside o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40580 Scene Camera Operator: CPL Adaecus G. Broo... More

Master Sgt. Joseph Rice, an adviser with the Police

Master Sgt. Joseph Rice, an adviser with the Police

Master Sgt. Joseph Rice, an adviser with the Police Advisor Team 4, provides security during a patrol to a nearby Afghanistan Uniformed Police base in Kajaki district, Afghanistan, July 10, 2012. Marines with t... More

Marines shoot M9 pistols during the Combat Marksmanship

Marines shoot M9 pistols during the Combat Marksmanship

Marines shoot M9 pistols during the Combat Marksmanship Program held by the Advisor Training Cell at Camp Pendleton, Nov. 17. During the CMP Marines will learn skills and techniques to enhance their accuracy wi... More

Navy chiefs and service members, from across the spectrum

Navy chiefs and service members, from across the spectrum

Navy chiefs and service members, from across the spectrum of coalition forces aboard Camp Leatherneck, celebrated the 119th birthday of the Navy chief petty officer, with an April 1 ceremony and rededication of... More

U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Matthew Cornachio, Golf Battery,

U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Matthew Cornachio, Golf Battery,

U.S. Marine 2nd Lt. Matthew Cornachio, Golf Battery, 2D Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), is promoted to 1st Lt by Capt. Paul Fischer, commanding officer of Golf 2/10, on May 28, 2012, at Patrol Base Bold... More

Village elders from Musa Qal’ah speak with local Government

Village elders from Musa Qal’ah speak with local Government

Village elders from Musa Qal’ah speak with local Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan officials during a meeting to assess governance, security and stability in Musa Qal’ah, Nov. 29. During recent ... More

Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general

Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general

Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) speaks during the Regional Command (Southwest) memorial service at Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 11. The service m... More

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, assigned to

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, assigned to

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, assigned to Afghanistan's 215th Corps, conduct a training raid at the Regional Corps Battle School aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. As In... More

Corporal Steven Lowry of RCT-1 Echo Company 2nd Battalion

Corporal Steven Lowry of RCT-1 Echo Company 2nd Battalion

Corporal Steven Lowry of RCT-1 Echo Company 2nd Battalion 24th Marines stands guard while Iraqi children watch at a school in Saqlawiyah, Iraq on February 28, 2008. E Co. 2/24 accompanied Marines from I Marine ... More

Marines listen to personal recollections during a memorial

Marines listen to personal recollections during a memorial

Marines listen to personal recollections during a memorial ceremony, Sept. 20. During the ceremony, Marines paid tribute to Sgt. Bradley Atwell, an aircraft electrical, instrument and flight control systems tec... More

U.S. soldiers with Regional Psychological Support Element

U.S. soldiers with Regional Psychological Support Element

U.S. soldiers with Regional Psychological Support Element (RPSE), Regional Command (Southwest), drop pamphlets from a MV-22B in order to communicate a message of conversion and reintegration to the Afghan popul... More

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami

U.S. Marines, Soldiers, and Airmen are visited by Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders and alumni football players on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan Oct. 02, 2012. The Cheerleaders and football players w... More

A construction worker utilizes a bulldozer to flatten

A construction worker utilizes a bulldozer to flatten

A construction worker utilizes a bulldozer to flatten piles of debris as part of demilitarization efforts aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 26, 2008. Camp Fallujah is being demilitarized to be turned over to ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers listen as Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling,

U.S. Army Soldiers listen as Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling,

U.S. Army Soldiers listen as Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, commander, Multi-National Division - North, gives his remarks during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony aboard Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit,... More

The commanding officer of the 6th Zone Afghan Border

The commanding officer of the 6th Zone Afghan Border

The commanding officer of the 6th Zone Afghan Border Police, Col. Sultan Mahmood listens as Maj. Gen. Nabi Jan Mullah Kihl, the deputy commander of the Afghan Uniform Police 707 Regional Headquarters talks with... More

Regional Command Southwest medical officials meet with local leaders

Regional Command Southwest medical officials meet with local leaders

Members of the Combined Medical Department for Regional Command Southwest and officials with the Afghan National Security Forces and ministries of Public Health and Defense met during the Five Surgeons Shura, F... More

Dedicated father of two serves country on first deployment

Dedicated father of two serves country on first deployment

Lance Cpl. Christopher Souder knew a change needed to be made for his daughter and future wife. Now, the father of two daughters with a third child on the way, Souder, an armorer with Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Ba... More

Seaman Christian Adkins, corpsman, Alpha Company, 1st

Seaman Christian Adkins, corpsman, Alpha Company, 1st

Seaman Christian Adkins, corpsman, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, scans the surrounding area during Operation Gospand-Sia in the Sangin Valley District, July 11, 2012. The ... More

Emily Benjamin, 8 from Murrieta, Calif., and Amaya

Emily Benjamin, 8 from Murrieta, Calif., and Amaya

Emily Benjamin, 8 from Murrieta, Calif., and Amaya Hodges, 8, from San Diego, make welcome home signs for their fathers during a homecoming at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 6. The homecoming marks the first wave... More

Tanks roll through the Afghan desert on their way to

Tanks roll through the Afghan desert on their way to

Tanks roll through the Afghan desert on their way to support special operations forces during Operation Helmand Viper, Oct. 20. During the operation, Bravo Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, led the support mission f... More

An Iraqi performs a back-flip during the gymnastic

An Iraqi performs a back-flip during the gymnastic

An Iraqi performs a back-flip during the gymnastic demonstration at Fallujah's Sports Day. Nearly 400 men and boys shared sportsmanship and camaraderie at a newly renovated schoolyard in downtown Fallujah, Ira... More

U.S. Marines at Forward Operating Base Musa Qa'leh

U.S. Marines at Forward Operating Base Musa Qa'leh

U.S. Marines at Forward Operating Base Musa Qa'leh brief Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), about the evolution of training and the change of command... More

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (2/7), Regimental Combat Team 7 patrol through local Afghan settlements in Montakee, Afghanistan, Feb. 10, 2013. The Marines of 2/7 utilized... More

The 25th Infantry Division Drum on the deck during

The 25th Infantry Division Drum on the deck during

The 25th Infantry Division Drum on the deck during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony aboard Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq, Dec. 9. 1st Armored Division is transferring authority to the 25th I... More

An Afghan National Policeman stands guard while U.S.

An Afghan National Policeman stands guard while U.S.

An Afghan National Policeman stands guard while U.S. Marines from Regional Command (Southwest) arrive at Forward Operating Base Musa Qa'leh, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2012. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. C... More

Leaders of Helmand province walk from the press conference

Leaders of Helmand province walk from the press conference

Leaders of Helmand province walk from the press conference to the District Governor's guest estate to have lunch. U.S. Ambassador, Stephen G. Mcfarland visited Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, with influential leaders... More

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders receive

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders receive

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders receive a tour of the Infantry Immersion Trainer at Camp Pendleton Nov. 30. The IIT was designed to recreate the sights, smells and sounds of a deployed environment... More

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders receive

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders receive

Senior Afghan National Security Force leaders receive a tour of the Infantry Immersion Trainer at Camp Pendleton Nov. 30. The IIT was designed to recreate the sights, smells and sounds of a deployed environment... More

Runners picked up their pace as they came down the

Runners picked up their pace as they came down the

Runners picked up their pace as they came down the homestretch during shadow version of the Marine Corps Historic Half marathon at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan, May 20, 2012. This race took pl... More

Leaders of Helmand province walk from the press conference

Leaders of Helmand province walk from the press conference

Leaders of Helmand province walk from the press conference to the District Governor's guest estate to have lunch. U.S. Ambassador, Stephen G. Mcfarland visited Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, with influential leaders... More

Through an interpreter, Stuart Mesa Elementary School

Through an interpreter, Stuart Mesa Elementary School

Through an interpreter, Stuart Mesa Elementary School principal Jill Davis talks about education with senior leaders of the Afghan National Security Forces. A delegation of five senior ranking Afghan military a... More

On March 2, 2006, Marines with 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6), Regimental Combat Team 5, patrol through an open field in Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Jaws V. I MEF FWD and MNF-W conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and Democratic elections in order to create a secure government that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Adaecus G. Brooks) (Released)

On March 2, 2006, Marines with 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40580 Scene Camera Operator: CP... More

Marine Corp Sgt. Ryan Loper, position safety officer,

Marine Corp Sgt. Ryan Loper, position safety officer,

Marine Corp Sgt. Ryan Loper, position safety officer, ensures the weapon is fired safely and properly by students during the live fire exercise, April 6, at Echo Range, Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.

Holly Petraeus, the assistant director for the Office

Holly Petraeus, the assistant director for the Office

Holly Petraeus, the assistant director for the Office of Servicemember Affairs of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, addresses the crowd during a town hall meeting on Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 12. Petra... More

U.S. Marines with the fiscal development team, C-9,

U.S. Marines with the fiscal development team, C-9,

U.S. Marines with the fiscal development team, C-9, Regional Command (Southwest), distribute hero payments to families of fallen Afghan Local Police killed in the line of duty in Zarghun Kalay, Helmand province... More

Jonathon Taylor, counter-improvised explosive device

Jonathon Taylor, counter-improvised explosive device

Jonathon Taylor, counter-improvised explosive device instructor, shows Marines and sailors a type of IED and its different components during the counter-IED class given as part of the Predeployment Training Pro... More

An Iraqi army non-commissioned officer performs push-ups

An Iraqi army non-commissioned officer performs push-ups

An Iraqi army non-commissioned officer performs push-ups during the U.S. Army physical fitness portion of the "Iraqi Army NCO and Soldier of the Year" competition, Oct. 16, 2008. Competitors awoke early first t... More

Lance Cpl. Kendall R. Strop, team leader, Military

Lance Cpl. Kendall R. Strop, team leader, Military

Lance Cpl. Kendall R. Strop, team leader, Military Police detachment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, storms into a building with fellow Marines, Nov. 9. The Marines of the Military Police detachment here completed... More

An Iraqi soldier with 7th Engineers, 7th Division,

An Iraqi soldier with 7th Engineers, 7th Division,

An Iraqi soldier with 7th Engineers, 7th Division, Iraqi army, uses a metal detector to search for mines near Port of Entry Waleed on Sept. 24, 2008. The soldiers are putting up a barbed wire fence with warning... More

Master Sgt. William "Spanky" Gibson, force fires chief,

Master Sgt. William "Spanky" Gibson, force fires chief,

Master Sgt. William "Spanky" Gibson, force fires chief, Multi National Force - West, and holds his daughter Lauren after being awarded the Purple Heart at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md., June 9, 2006. Gibson, an ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Charles Readinger, key leader

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Charles Readinger, key leader

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Charles Readinger, key leader engagement, Regional Command (Southwest), writes notes while being briefed by the company commander of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, abou... More

Captain Mastin Robeson, a team leader with the Security

Captain Mastin Robeson, a team leader with the Security

Captain Mastin Robeson, a team leader with the Security Force Assistance Advisor Team, Regimental Combat Team 7, from Greenville, S.C., stands next to Route 611 in preparation for a convoy pick up during Operat... More

A bulldozer flattens piles of debris as part of

A bulldozer flattens piles of debris as part of

A bulldozer flattens piles of debris as part of demilitarization efforts aboard Camp Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 26, 2008. Camp Fallujah is being demilitarized to be turned over to the Iraqi government.

On March 2, 2006, Marines with 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6), Regimenatl Comba tTeam 5, patrol through an open field in Fallujah, Iraq during Operation Jaws V. I MEF FWD and MNF-W conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, to support the continued development of Iraqi Security Forces, and to support Iraqi reconstruction and Democratic elections in order to create a secure government that enables Iraqi self-reliance and self-governance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Adaecus G. Brooks) (Released)

On March 2, 2006, Marines with 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40580 Scene Camera Operator: CP... More

U.S. Marines with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th

U.S. Marines with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th

U.S. Marines with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10), speak with a driver at a vehicle check point (VCP) in Hokikosh, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 27, 2012. 2/10 Marines conducted t... More

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