Welcome! Freedom Park School kindergartner Joesph Alonso, 6, arrives at school and faces a friendly gantlet March 4, during Georgia Walk to School Day, with members of D Company, 369th Battalion providing the hospitality.
Photo by Bill Bengtson/Fort Gordon Public Affairs OfficeCamp Lejeune, North Carolina - Marines with Mobility Assault Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division breach a make-shift building from the roof after blowing a man-sized hole into it using detonation cord during an urban breaching course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 3, 2015. The Marines honed their skills by determining the appropriate charge to use to breach and clear each building. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff) U.S. Army Engineers with the South Carolina Army National Guard’s 125th Multi-Role Bridge Company (MRBC) conduct simulated ferry operations March 7, 2015 during Vigilant Guard 15. This exericse is designed to simulate a joint emergency response following the impact of a category four hurricane. Hundreds of Georgia National Guardsmen are participating in Vigilant Guard 15 along with more than 2,000 Guardsmen from North and South Carolina during 3 to12 March. Vigilant Guard is a series of federally-funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. William Carraway/Released)U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Hannah Richardson, pneudraulics mechanic assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard is greeted by Kaylee Lemburg and Axel upon return from a successful deployment to Southwest Asia, Mar. 5, 2015. Richardson provided maintenance support for four C-130H Hercules aircraft which provided combat airlift of 3,140 personnel and 2,370 tons of cargo to various destinations in the region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Charles Delano)U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force depart the USS Essex (LHD 2) on a combat rubber raiding craft during Amphibious Squadron Three/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego March 4, 2015. The MRF used CRRCs during a precision raid exercise in preparation for their deployment later this spring.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey)A Soldier from the 22nd Chemical Battalion trains for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive elimination operations on Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Feb. 26 - March 6.U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, board an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, during Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 5, 2015. The Marines of BLT 3/1 used Ospreys for quick inserts and extracts during a simulated amphibious assault aboard Camp Pendleton. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)South Carolina National Guard units worked with local emergency management agencies and first responders during a mass casualty exercise (MASCAL) in Anderson, S.C., March 10, 2015, which simulated a hard landing by a CH-47 Chinook as a result of rough weather as part of Vigilant Guard. Vigilant Guard SC 15 is an eight-day field exercise held March 5-12. VG-15 takes place at numerous locations across South Carolina as the National Guard and its local and federal partners test their response readiness and capabilities to a simulated hurricane. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine/Released)Marine with the Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, uses a tractor, rubber-tired, articulated steering, multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle to clean up a training area aboard Camp Pendleton, California, March 6, 2015. The made drinking water by running ocean water through a tactical water purification system during Amphibious Squadron/Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT).
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released)MAYPORT, Fla. (March 9, 2015) Sailors aboard the guide-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) man the rails as the ship departs homeport at Naval Station Mayport to support the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group. While deployed, they will serve in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean P. La Marr/Released) 150309-N-OS575-031
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