Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary take a break from aircraft maintenance aboard USS Iwo Jima to view the sights along the Suez Canal as they transit through the canal, Nov. 5. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and is currently in the 6th Fleet Area of Responsibility as a disaster relief and crisis response force.
Quantico, VA – The 35th commandant of the Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, attends and participates in award presentations at the Modern Day Marine Grand Banquet at the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City, Arlington, VA, Sept. 26, 2012.
U.S. Marines with Detachment Martillo load a UH-1N “Huey” helicopter on an Air Force C-5 “Galaxy” at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City Oct. 12, en route back to the United States. The task-organized detachment partnered with Guatemala authorities to disrupt illicit trafficking in the country’s coastal waters.




