A Sailor’s Best Friend
June 18th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig

U.S. Navy Diver 2nd Class Michael Gerstel, a handler assigned to the Marine Mammal Company of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit, rewards a bottlenose dolphin after a successful training evolution at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., on June 8 during Frontier Sentinel 2010. About 2,500 Canadian and U.S. military personnel and government civilian agencies are participating in the annual maritime homeland security training exercise. (DoD photo by MC1 Bruce Cummins, U.S. Navy/Released)
Baltic Landing
June 17th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig

U.S. Marines and Estonian soldiers wade ashore during a combined U.S., Estonian amphibious landing at a beach here. The combined training demonstration was part Baltic Operations 2010, an exercise designed to increase the interoperability of NATO and partner nations in the Baltic Sea region. (Photo by Sgt. Rocco DeFilippis)
No time to stop and eat
June 17th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila

SPC Jonathan Luke chokes down a turkey sandwich in the back of a blackhawk helicopter at Ft. Carson, Colo., during HAMETS (High Altitude Mountain Environmental Training Strategy) with the 10th CAB, 10th Mountain Division. The CAB was in Colorado Springs for the training before their deployment to Iraq.
Rock, paper, string…drill
June 10th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Toast to those lost
June 10th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Dawn Blitz–Ready, Aim, Click
June 8th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig

U.S. Marines watch and snap photos as amphibious assault vehicles come ashore during operation "Dawn Blitz" at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Friday, June 4, 2010. About 5,000 Marines and Navy sailors participated in the largest amphibious exercise on the West Coast since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

U.S. Marine Pfc. Marc Calo lays in the surf after coming ashore during operation "Dawn Blitz" at Camp Pendleton, California. Friday, June 4, 2010. He was one of about 5,000 Marines and Navy sailors who participated in the largest amphibious exercise on the West Coast since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Saluting the CINC
June 7th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Can’t Stop Mother Nature
June 3rd, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
A Marine Mother’s Ride
June 2nd, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila

Deborah Higgins, mother of LCPL James Higgins, rides a custom Harley Davidson that bears the awards worn by her son who was killed in Anbar Province, Iraq, on July 27, 2006, during the Rolling Thunder motorcycle event on Sunday, May 30, 2010. The bike is adorned with hand-painted portraits of LCPL Higgins as well as a seat made from the door of the Marine's HMMWV.
Leaving Las Vegas
June 2nd, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig

Crew chiefs complete their final checks May 19, 2010, before these C-130 Hercules aircraft take off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., for a mobility exercise over a nearby training range. The exercise is part of the larger bi-annual U.S. Air Force Weapons School Mobility Air Forces exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brett Clashman)





