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Camp Pendleton

 

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Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, process simulated fire missions on Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 1, 2022. The training demonstrates the joint force’s ability to integrate command and control, expand battlefield awareness, and conduct long-range precision strikes as an enduring stand-in-force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ujian Gosun)

 

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“One of the seven men assigned to hold the tower the night of Feb. 15, an unidentified Marine nicknamed ‘Lurch’ thought he was shot between the eyes. Staff Sgt Bob Thoms soon realized his fellow Marine had been hit by a rock, not a bullet. ‘So we had some tape and he taped his glasses back together and he was so happy that he wasn't shot between the eyes,’ Thoms said. ‘We celebrated by lighting another cigarette. Even guys who didn't smoke would take a drag on this Salem cigarette and we'd wait for the next probe. And this went on all night.’ After eventually being blown off of the tower, ‘Lurch’ urged his fellow Marines to battle the next day with the battle cry: ‘We're Marines, let's go!’”
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In the photo: "Lurch" (Delta 1/5) is pictured taking a break after Dong Ba Tower was secured for good with an ace of spades playing card tucked in his helmet. This specific playing card was meant to symbolize death and ill-fortune to the communist forces. As a means of psychological warfare, ace of spade playing cards were often left on dead enemy bodies or dropped from the sky to litter the battlefields.

 

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'HARLEY21', 494th Black Panthers F15E, 11 Feb 2022

'HARLEY22' on a low level tour of the lake district, and then onto Wales yesterday morning at 9am.

 

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ACV ops from USS Anchorage

 

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A West Virginia Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules with the 130th Airlift Wing conducts an aerial resupply for 2d Marine Division (MARDIV) during a mountain exercise at Fola Mine, West Virginia, Feb. 8, 2022.

 

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Bravo Co, 1/2 Marines mountain exercise

 

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Bravo Co, 1/2 Marines mountain exercise

 

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U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawks take off from the flightline during a mountain exercise with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV) on Camp Dawson, West Virginia, Feb. 7, 2022

 

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Charlie Co, BLT 1/1, 11th MEU amphibious assault demo in support of Ex MAREX PH 22

 

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Charlie Co, BLT 1/1, 11th MEU amphibious assault demo in support of Ex MAREX PH 22

 

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2nd battalion, 7th Marines at Ex Jungle Warfare 22, Okinawa

 

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1st battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd MarDiv at Ex Jungle Warfare 22, Okinawa

 

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1st battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd MarDiv at Ex Jungle Warfare 22, Okinawa

 

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Jumpmasters from 2nd battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regt and US Marines from NAS Sigonella release heavy drop packages witha KC-130J onto DZ Frida at Pordenone, Italy

 

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Jumpmasters from 2nd battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regt and US Marines from NAS Sigonella release heavy drop packages witha KC-130J onto DZ Frida at Pordenone, Italy

 

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CH-53E from Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466) drops ordinance at Ex Jungle Warfare 22, Ie Shima island

 

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F-35A Lightning II prepares for re-fuel from a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to the 334th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., during exercise Cope North 22 on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 14, 2022. Participants exercise Agile Combat Employment, or ACE, concepts during Cope North 22. ACE is Pacific Air Forces’ model to project combat power via a network of distributed operating locations throughout the Indo-Pacific.

 

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F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to Misawa Air Base, Japan, prepare for re-fuel from a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to the 334th Air Refueling Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., during exercise Cope North 22 on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 14, 2022