On Duty: December 16 – December 22
A Marine fire team with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit executes a double pop maneuver before exiting a building during an exercise in Singapore, Dec. 16, 2011. The Camp Pendleton, Calif., unit arrived in Singapore, Dec. 12, 2011, as part of a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East regions.
LCpl Claudia M. Palacios
LCpl Chase Chowning uses a finger sweep technique to search for a simulated improvised explosive device during an exercise in Singapore, Dec. 16, 2011.
Sgt Elyssa Quesada
A Marine admires the view from the beach of Iwo Jima, Dec. 16, 2011. The Marines and sailors of Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, First Marine Aircraft Wing, visited the island to conduct a study of the famous Battle of Iwo Jima as part of the unit’s professional military education program.
GySgt J. L. Wright Jr.
Marines and sailors of MWHS-1 hike from Iwo Jima’s beaches, with Mount Suribachi in the background, after conducting a study of the Battle of Iwo Jima as part of the unit’s professional military education program, Dec. 16, 2011.
GySgt J. L. Wright Jr.
Sgt Matthew Yoskovich, a UH-1 Huey crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 (Rein), 24th MEU, performs his pre-flight checks prior to departing USS New York, (LPD-21), off the coast of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 18, 2011.
GySgt Chad R. Kiehl
Marine communicators in the command element, 24th MEU, wait to be transported back to USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) on Onslow Beach, N.C., Dec. 19, 2011.
Sgt Richard Blumenstein
Marines from 6th Communication Battalion, a Marine Forces Reserve unit based at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, collect toys in Times Square as part of their Toys for Tots drive, Dec. 19, 2011.
Cpl Caleb Gomez
Sgt Jeremy Holsten, a squad leader in 3d Platoon, Company L, 3d Battalion, Third Marine Regiment, greets local children during a partnered security patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers in Kuchiney Darvishan, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 18, 2011.
Cpl Reece Lodder
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“To The Shores Of Tripoli”: Storming the fortifications at Derne, Tripoli, 1805.
"From The Halls Of Montezuma": The assault on Chapultepec Castle--Mexico City, 1847
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