Photo by Sgt. Aaron HostutlerSgt. Garrett Baresel, an Amphibious Assault Vehicle crewman, with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, commands his vehicle and crew during a mock ship to shore operation aboard the USS Makin Island September 6.
Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason MorrisCpl. Christian Hernandez, a team leader with 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, provides rear security for a patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan Sept. 9, 2012. Marines conducted the patrol to disrupt the flow of lethal and illicit aid by the enemy in the area.
Photo by Cpl. Michael PetersheimU.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY— Cpl. Blaise Conway, a KC-130J load master, and Arlington, Tenn., native with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, looks out the back of a KC-130J Hercules as an MV-22B Osprey is refueled during a training mission Sep. 23, 2012. The training consisted of MV-22B Ospreys and AV-8B Harriers with the 24th MEU conducting aerial refueling with the 24th MEU’s KC-130J Hercules planes to practice the skills needed for long-range flight operations.
