On Duty: May 27th – June 2nd
LCpl Trenton Holbrook, an infantryman with Fox Company, 2d Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, looks out at New York City from inside a CH-46 helicopter, May 27, 2011.
Sgt Richard Blumenstein
Cpl Andrew Marcum, military working dog handler, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, allows his dog to bite him during Marine Day Times Square, May 27, 2011. The Enterprise, Ore., native recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan with the dog he was preforming with, here, May 27.
Sgt Randall A. Clinton
Marines with Fox Company, 2d Bn, 9th MAR , currently attached to the 24th MEU, maneuver off a V-22 Osprey during a simulated raid at Eisenhower Park , May 28, 2011.
LCpl Michael Petersheim
Marines perform a helicopter raid at Eisenhower Park during Fleet Week New York 2011, May 28. The demonstration was held by Marines with the 24th MEU as part of Fleet Week New York 2011.
Sgt Randall A. Clinton
The 3d Radio Battalion firing detail, led by Sgt Robert Monk, fires the three-round honors volley at the conclusion of the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial's 23rd annual Memorial Day observance, Honolulu, Hi, May 29, 2011.
Photo by Chuck Little
Marines from the Marine Forces Reserve Band perform for guests on USS Iwo Jima while docked in New York, NY, May 30, 2011, as part of the Sunset Parade.
Sgt Jimmy D. Shea
Marines with the Marine Corps Band New Orleans perform at Times Square May 29, 2011.
LCpl Michael J. Petersheim
Marines from the 24th MEU drop their heads in prayer before marching in a Memorial Day parade at Glendale, New York, May 30, 2011.
Cpl Nicholas J. Gillen
Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit led a run to Ground Zero, May 31, 2011.
Sgt Randall A. Clinton
Cpl Blake Adams (center) raises his right hand during the oath of enlistment for his promotion after a Ground Zero motivational run to the site of the World Trade Center May 31, 2011.
LCpl Michael J. Petersheim
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“To The Shores Of Tripoli”: Storming the fortifications at Derne, Tripoli, 1805.
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