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Photolibrary_CH4_23_PassingInReview_Thumbnail_180x102 By 1931, Marine aviation was assigned to carrier duty and fulfilled Fleet Marine Force aviation’s secondary mission: to provide replacement squadrons for aircraft carriers. Pictured here are aircraft from Marine Scouting Squadron Fifteen. Photo by Maj John M. Elliott.
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Photolibrary_CH4_15_RequestingAssistance_Thumbnail_180x102 In 1927, Nicaraguan President Adolfo Diaz requested U.S. Intervention to help maintain stability and order in Nicaragua. President Calvin Coolidge initially refused American intervention; however, after American lives and property were endangered, he sent in the Marines. President Adolfo Diaz (left) and First Lieutenant Hayne Boyden stand in front of a DH-4B-1 aircraft. Photo by National Museum of the Marine Corps.
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Photolibrary_CH3_17_SupportingAviation_Thumbnail_180x102 Marines first landed in Haiti in 1915 to help restore order and political stability. Four years later, the First Division, Squadron E arrived in Port-au-Prince to support the First Provisional Brigade there. Within weeks, the squadron moved to a nearby seaplane base at Bizaton, the Haitian Navy Yard. Commanded by Harvey B. Mims, pilots flew five Curtiss HS-2Ls, six Curtiss JN-4HG-1s, and one Curtiss N-9 against the Caco bandits. Photo by U.S. Marine Corps.
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Photolibrary_CH2_4_TheCriticalLink_Thumbnail_180x102 Enlisted men from the Marine Section, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, pose on a Curtiss R-6, circa 1918. Photo by Maj John M. Elliott.
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Launchpad-LPS-CaptKangaroo-180x02 Pfc William J. Rogers peers through tall grass during a patrol at Kangaroo Flats Training Area, Australia, April 18. Rogers is a rifleman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Photo by LCpl Jacob D. Barber.
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Launchpad-LPS-PreparedForTakeoff-180x102 An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to take off from the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima, Jan. 29, 2012, as the 24th MEU prepares for their final at-sea training exercise. The 24th MEU is conducting their Certification Exercise with Amphibious Squadron 8 scheduled Jan. 27 to Feb. 17, which includes a series of missions intended to evaluate and certify the unit for their upcoming deployment. The harrier detachment is from VMA-542 based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Photo by Lcpl Michael Petersheim.
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Launchpad-LPS-cleaningtanks-180x102.jpg Marines from 4th Tank Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif., clean their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, April 10 after a day of training during Exercise Africa Lion 2012. AL-12 is a U.S. African Command-sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led exercise involving various types of training including command post, live-fire and maneuvering, peace keeping operations, an intelligence capacity building seminar, aerial refueling/low-level flight training, as well as medical and dental assistance projects. The annual exercise is designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation's military tactics, techniques and procedures. Photo by Cpl Tyler Main.
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Launchpad-LPS-AbramsExerciseAfricanLion2012-180x102.jpg Marines from 4th Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, Calif., roll down a dirt road on their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during a day of training at Exercise African Lion 2012, April 13. AL-12 is a U.S. African Command-sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led exercise involving various types of training including command post, live-fire and maneuvering, peace keeping operations, an intelligence capacity building seminar, aerial refueling/low-level flight training, as well as medical and dental assistance projects. The annual exercise is designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation's military tactics, techniques and procedures. Photo by Cpl Tyler Main.
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Launchpad-LPS-ThroughStraitOfGibraltar-180x02 Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sit behind an M2 50-caliber heavy machine gun providing security for the ship as she passes through the Strait of Gibraltar, April 20, 2012. The 24th MEU is currently deployed with the Navy's Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force capable of a variety of missions from full-scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Photo by 2ndLt Joshua Larson.
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Launchpad-LPS-MarathonMen-180x02 Marines of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit assault an objective during a rehearsal of the final exercise at Exercise Africa Lion 2012, April 16. AL-12 is a U.S. African Command-sponsored, Marine Forces Africa-led exercise involving various types of training including command post, live-fire and maneuvering, peace keeping operations, an intelligence capacity building seminar, aerial refueling/low-level flight training, as well as medical and dental assistance projects. The annual exercise is designed to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of each nation's military tactics, techniques and procedures. Photo by Cpl Tyler Main.
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Launchpad-LPS-IfItsNotBroke-180x102 LCpls Phillip Robbins (left), a 19-year-old native of College Station, Texas; Joshua Rodriguez (center), a 20-year-old native of San Diego; and Oscar Deleon, a 23-year-old native of Dallas, all motor transport operators with Trucks Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fasten a broken mine roller to the bed of a truck in Garmsir district, Afghaistan, April 6. As coalition forces prepare to transfer lead security responsibility of Helmand province's Garmsir district to Afghan National Security Forces, the 3/3 motor transport Marines are faced with a daunting mission. They've functioned in their core capacity, logging 20,000 miles on more than 500 combat logistics convoys while supporting 3/3's offensive combat operations and aiding in ANSF development. Simultaneously, they're supporting 3/3's logistics section in retrograding thousands of items spread across their 1,200 square-kilometer battlespace. Photo by Cpl Reece Lodder.
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Launchpad-LPS-GimmeALift-180x102 Cpl Enrique Torres (right), a squad leader with 1st Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a 21-year-old native of Alvarado, Texas, helps LCpl Joseph Hevia, a rifleman and 20-year-old native of Windsor, Calif., climb onto a roof while searching a compound with Afghan policemen during Operation Zema Parma Sar Tera (Don’t Tread On Me) here, April 14, 2012. Afghan National Security Forces and ‘America’s Battalion’ Marines are conducting a variety of missions throughout Helmand province’s Garmsir district ahead of the annual fighting season surrounding the harvest of illicit poppy crops. Photo by Cpl Reece Lodder.
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Launchpad-LPS--WalkingTall-180x102 Afghan children walk alongside Lance Cpl. Jacob Kartchner, a team leader with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 28-year-old native of Long Beach, Calif., in the hopes of receiving candy from Kartchner as he patrols with fellow Marines and Afghan National Police outside the Hazar Joft Bazaar here, April 8, 2012. On the patrol, the Kilo Co. Marines partnered with members of the ANP to maintain security in and around the bazaar, one of the busiest commercial centers in Helmand province's Garmsir district. Their partnership is a vital part of preparing the Afghan National Security Forces to assume lead security responsibility in Garmsir. Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder.
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Launchpad-LPS--RappellingInOkinawa-180x102 Marines with Combat Logistic Regiment 37 perform a hasty rappel down a hill at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, April 2. Rappelling skills prepare Marines to overcome potential obstacles during deployments. The CLR-37 Marines are assigned to 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Photo by Lance Cpl. Erik S. Brooks Jr.
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Launchpad-LPS--EagleStorm-180x102 LCpls Ryan Snyder, a 21-year-old team leader from Kapolei, Hawaii, and David Lambert, a 21-year-old mortarman from Granbury, Texas, assigned to the 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talk while providing security from their defensive position as the sun sets during Operation Shahem Tofan (Eagle Storm) here, Feb. 11. After arriving in the desert on helicopters and an armored convoy, Afghan Border Police and the Weapons Marines scoured dusty highways for smugglers and insurgents moving across the eastern desert into Helmand province, Feb. 10-13. The mission was a shift from the ABP's current assignment in Garmsir district, where they keep watch over its southern population centers. Under the coalition mentorship, they are returning to their core capability of interdicting insurgent activity across Helmand's border. Photo by Cpl Reece Lodder.
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Launchpad-LPS--OverTheRainbow-180x102 A CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to land on the USNS Arctic during a simulated Expanded, Visit, Board, Search and Seizure, Dec. 7, 2011. The 24th MEU is currently taking part in Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), scheduled to take place Nov. 28 to Dec. 21. The training is meant to develop cohesion between the 24th MEU and Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8) in conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and limited contingency operations while operating from the sea. The CH-53E helicopters are a detachment from HMH-464 based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., and comprise part of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (Reinforced), which is the Aviation Combat Element for the 24th MEU. Photo by LCpl Michael Petersheim.
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Launchpad-LPS--RunBeach-180x102 Marines with Marine Corps Security Cooperation Group strengthen their combat life-saving skills during an offsite training event aboard Camp Pendleton State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Va., March 23. The unit conducted a Medical Practical Applications Lane combat fitness course, which consisted of a three-mile litter run performed in boots and utilities. Photo by GySgt Alexis R. Mulero.
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Launchpad-LPS--BattlingTheBlaze-180x102 Marines battle a huge blaze during a pit fuel fire training exercise at the burn pit on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Dec. 7, 2011. Photo by LCpl Cory D. Polom.
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Launchpad-LPS-Careful-180x102 An explosive ordinance disposal Marine with Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, inspects a possible improvised explosive device for wires and other components during the events of a mock boat raid on the Kin Blue training area here, Jan. 13. During the course of the day, Company A, known as Boat Company, assaulted the beach, recaptured a hostile-controlled town, cleared improvised explosive devices, secured a landing zone and eliminated any remaining enemy threats from the area. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation's force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region. Photo by Cpl Jonathan Wright.
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Launchpad-LPS-MoreRoomThanSedan-180x102 A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, takes a rest during a patrol here, March 9. Marines at Patrol Base Lambadand conduct daily patrols with Afghan Nation Security Forces, training and mentoring their counterparts as Afghan forces and the district government take the lead in counterinsurgency operations in Nawa. Photo by Cpl Johnny Merkley.