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- You voted, and this week's Corps Top Shot comes from Lance Cpl. Katelyn M. Hunter. Hunter took the photo as Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, performed a live-fire exercise in Japan.
- Corps Top Shots (17 Jan 2013) (7 photos)The week's best photos from around the Corps. Help select the "Corps Top Shot" by liking, commenting on or sharing your favorite image. The image with the most combined hits by the end of the day will be crowned as our photo of the week.
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The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force conducted its semi-annual Realistic Urban Training Exercise at an empty facility in Guam. The Marine force parachuted into local urban environments, setting up re...connaissance and surveillance for the main raid on an empty facility during the night. The purpose for conducting such an exercise in a different country is to evaluate the MRF's long-range raid capabilities and to gain experience operating in a foreign environment.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright)See More - Window Seating
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Lance Cpl. Bradley L. Coy, a machine gunner assigned to combined anti-armor team, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (Fox 2/7), conducts live fire training near Combat Outpost Now Zad, Helmand province, Afg...hanistan, Dec. 29, 2012. Coy, originally from Bakersfield, Calif., deployed to Afghanistan with 2/7 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alejandro Pena)See More - Our Marine’s Fan of the Week is Cpl. Wassim AbouAbdallah. He was nominated by J.d. Roque who said this motivated electrician and father to twin boys is an example for all corporals to emulate.
AbouAbdallah flawlessly tasks the Marines in ...his section and supervises their work. His work ethic, attention to detail and initiative are an asset to his shop and to the mission of the Corps. He was a combat meritorious corporal and is a Marine Corps Martial Arts instructor.
He is also currently the NCO of the Quarter. He continues to step up to the plates in his duties and impresses his superiors on a daily basis.
Keep up the good work, corporal. Ooh-rah!See More - “The spirit of the Marines of Korea, Vietnam, and Kuwait still animates those who wear the eagle, globe and anchor today.”
— Gen. James L. Jones, 32nd CMC - Only four more hours to be considered for our next fan of the week.
If you or someone you know would like to be considered for the Marines' Fan of the Week be sure to nominate him or her to our wall or inbox us with a story and photo today. - Through Fields of Green
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Marines and sailors hike to Mount Suribachi on Iwo To Dec. 19 during a professional military education tour. “I overheard Marines talking about how much they appreciate the opportunity to be here and reflect ...on the history,” said Col. Walter T. Anderson. “For the majority of the Marines, it was their first time coming out here, and we wanted to focus not only on the battle itself, but the logistics of the battle.” The Marines and sailors are with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The Japanese government reverted the name of the island on which the battle was fought to its pre-World War II name of Iwo To in 2007. Anderson is the assistant chief of staff, G-3, operations and training, 3rd MLG, III MEF.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Kasey Peacock)
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If you or someone you know would like to be considered for the Marines' Fan of the Week be sure to submit the nomination with a photo to our wall or inbox today. - Hold your Breath
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A Marine with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, uses the blouse-flotation technique at the 53 area training pool aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 9. The Marines completed their basic swim qualification to build confidence and increase survivability in the water.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo Cpl. Kenneth Jaskik)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/page1/ - “Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.” — Lt. Gen. “Chesty” Puller
The uniforms may change, the battlegrounds may change, but Marineswill always be America’s warriors. Each week we’ll take a look at, how as time goes on, we remain the same breed.
(Photos courtesy of Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections and Cpl. Alejandro Pena) - “A ship without Marines is no ship of war at all.”
— Adm.David Dixon Porter, U.S. Navy, 1864 - To the Chopper
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Exercise Amitie, which is French for friendship exercise, is a multinational training exercise designed to increase interoperability, enhance mutual capabilities and support a sustained presence in the region. During ...Amitie, elements from the 15th MEU participated in a three-day mounted patrol, land and water obstacle courses, aviation-related evolutions and joint planning. The training was led by the French 5th Marine Regiment and included elements from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, French Foreign Legion, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and Djiboutian military. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/8363651345/in/photostreamSee More - “Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.”
— Gen. George S. Patton - “Brigadier General Brewer was an amazing and courageous woman who has left an indelible mark on the rich legacy of our Corps, and she will be missed.”
Brig. Gen Brewer passed away Jan. 2. Her funeral mass will be held Monday at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Va.
Semper Fidelis, Ma'am. - You voted, and this week's Corps Top Shot comes from Sgt. Scott Schmidt. He captured this while Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, presented the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl trophy to the East Coast team for their 17-14 win against the West Jan. 4.
- “I didn’t do anything more than any other Marine would. I was put in an extraordinary circumstance, and I just did my job.”
— Sgt. Dakota Meyer - Corps Top Shots (10 Jan. 2013) (8 photos)The week's best photos from around the Corps. Help select the "Corps Top Shot" by liking, commenting on or sharing your favorite image. The image with the most combined hits by the end of the day will be crowned as our photo of the week.
- On the way to reaching 3 million fans by our third birthday this February, we will remind you of all the great threes in the Corps. This week: The 3 months of boot camp.
Every enlisted Marine remembers standing on the yellow footprints at the start of the most important transformation of his life. For the next three months, recruits spend more time in the sand than on vacation, mountain climb for hours on the quarter deck and do their best not to dose off during classroom ed...ucation.
Although those three months feel like an eternity, in just thirteen weeks, a recruit is transformed into a United States Marine. Recruits learn to shoot, talk, drill and carry themselves just like the legendary Marines of the past.
The training is tough and not just anyone can earn the title. But there’s nothing that a few letters from home and a packet of peanut butter from the chow hall can’t fix. And just remember: What mommy and daddy couldn’t fix in 18 years, the Marine Corps can straighten out in just three short months.See More - Before the day is through, log on and get your W-2's!
https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx - This week’s Fan of the Week is Sgt. Julian Torres. This Marine was a true inspiration to Lance Cpl. Cody Childers, who was killed in action while supporting operations in Afghanistan in August 2010. Childers often wrote to his mother, telli...ng her how much he looked up to Torres, now a double amputee after being wounded by an IED in July 2010.
Sgt. Torres was nominated this week by Wendy Childers, Lance Cpl. Childers’ mother. According to Wendy, Sgt. Torres has an upbeat and incredible outlook on life and inspires her to embrace each day with a great attitude. She says she feels blessed to know Sgt. Julian Torres and considers him to be another Marine son. Torres continues to inspire other injured Marines at the Wounded Warrior Detachment in San Diego.
Semper Fi, brother!See More - "I never think of a Marine but what I think of a man who wants to do more, not less; a man you have to hold back and not shove. As I present you with this citation, I salute you in the name of the freedom that you defend and the honor that you have won for your country."
— Lyndon B. Johnson | 1968