MAR 7, 2022... U.S. Marines with Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, Battle Color Detachment, Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., march in formation during the centennial celebration at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, March 5, 2022. MCRD San Diego celebrated the 100th anniversary of its commissioning by highlighting the Depot’s history and legacy with the assistance of the Marine Corps Battle Color Detachment. The Battle Color Detachment is comprised of three ceremonial units from Marine Barracks Washington, D.C.; the U.S. Drum and Bugle Corps, the Silent Drill Platoon, and the Marine Corps Color Guard. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cristian Torres/Released)
MAR 4, 2022... A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts preflight procedures with a Super Stallion during the squadron’s flyoff from the amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27), Feb. 28, 2022. Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU and Essex Amphibious Ready Group are underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patrick Katz/Released)
MAR 3, 2022... U.S. Marines and Navy corpsmen attending the Jungle Warfare Training Center’s Jungle Medicine and Communications Courses, and Airmen with 33rd Rescue Squadron conduct casualty hoist training drills with a HH-60G Pave Hawk, at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 24, 2022. Service members gained first-hand experience utilizing the jungle penetrator tool, developing proficiency in safe jungle extraction techniques and procedures. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Diana Jimenez/Released
MAR 1, 2022... U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Collin Bish, landing support and air delivery officer in charge, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Lance Cpl. Angel D. Marmolejo, a transmission system operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st MEU, establish a communications network while participating in mass casualty response training on Ie Shima, Feb. 10, 2022. The mass casualty response mission allows the 31st MEU to reach victims of an attack, natural disaster or other emergent events when local medical and reactionary forces are unable to provide proper medical care. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Expeditionary Strike Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado)
FEB 18, 2022... U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, guide a CH-53E Super Stallion into a landing zone during Jungle Warfare Exercise 22 in the Northern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 17, 2022. JWX 22 is a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. 2/7 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jackson Dukes/Released)