Operation Helmand Viper
Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6 exit a compound in Agha Ahmad, Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2012. The Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon and their attachments stood in an over watch position to provide surveillance and gather intelligence on the enemy as part during Operation Helmand Viper.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ed Galo)

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Specialist Jacob William Moore, 21, stares into the distance as he clutches the hand of a seriously wounded comrade on board a medevac air ambulance racing towards Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan, Nov 22, 2010. Spc Moore was part of a stretcher team carrying a wounded man to safety when they hit a second explosive device, buried in their path. The men, from the 2-502 Infantry's Attack Company were operating in Nalgham, in Zhari district. Two Americans and one Afghan soldier were killed in the attacks, four others, including Spc Moore, were wounded.
The troops are part of the 101st Airborne Division - known as the screaming eagles - sent to Afghanistan in June 2010 as part of Barack Obama's surge. Moore and his comrades paid tribute to their fallen as "phenomenal soldiers". They said the general public in America have no idea what is going on in Afghanistan. Moore returned to active duty and finished out his tour in Afghanistan.

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Five CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302 fly in a formation over Marine Corps Air Station New River
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(From left to right) U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Megan Bender, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron weapons director; Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Roark, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter; and Staff Sgt. Janet Soto, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron container control officer, pose for a photo at Al Dhafra Air Base United Arab Emirates, Jan. 8, 2019. The Airmen competed against 143 others from bases such as Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, and Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, in the Strongest in the AOR competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)



U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Roark, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, poses for a photo at Al Dhafra Air Base United Arab Emirates, Jan. 8, 2019. Roark is one of the three Airmen from ADAB that advanced to and placed in the Strongest in the AOR competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)



U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Janet Soto, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron container control officer, poses for a photo at Al Dhafra Air Base United Arab Emirates, Jan. 8, 2019. Soto is one of the three Airmen from ADAB that advanced to and placed in the Strongest in the AOR competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)



U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Megan Bender, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron weapons director, poses for a photo at Al Dhafra Air Base United Arab Emirates, Jan. 8, 2019. Bender is one of the three Airmen from ADAB that advanced to and placed in the Strongest in the AOR competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

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The Marine Corps continues to upgrade the turret system for the Light Armored Vehicle-Anti-Tank. The LAV Team at Marine Corps Systems Command continues to provide new equipment training to units receiving the Anti-Tank Weapon System upgrade, with the final two training evolutions scheduled for early this year. Full operational capability for the ATWS is expected at the end of fiscal year 2019.
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ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 13, 2019) Marine Corps Capt. Ariel Cecil surveys the flight deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) prior to the launch of an FIM-92 Stinger troop missile launcher during a deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The Essex ARG/13th MEU is a flexible and persistent Navy-Marine Corps team deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chandler Harrell/Released)



ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 13, 2019) Marine Corps Cpl. Bradley Cason fires an inert round from an FIM-92 Stinger troop missile launcher on the flight deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chandler Harrell/Released)





ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 13, 2019) Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Clarrage fires an inert round from an FIM-92 Stinger troop missile launcher on the flight deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chandler Harrell/Released)



ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 13, 2019) Marine Corps Cpl. Alejandro Alvarez fires an inert round from an FIM-92 Stinger troop missile launcher on the flight deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chandler Harrell/Released)
 


We asked drill instructor Sgt. Jasmine Penado, Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, on what it means to her to make Marines.

“It is a demand on yourself. You think you’re tired and you think you have reached your potential, but it is no longer about yourself. You won’t want to wake up in the morning but you do it anyways because it is for the recruits. You have to give it your all no matter if you are tired because at the end of the day, who are the recruits going to emulate? You have to set the example at all times.” Photo by Cpl. Sarah Stegall Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island SC.



A drill instructor with Receiving Company, Support Battalion, welcomes new recruits with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, to recruit training during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 7..



Drill instructors with Receiving Company, Support Battalion, welcome new recruits with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, to recruit training during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 7. Once the recruits stepped off the bus, they immediately began the transformation from civilian to Marine. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate April 5. Photo by Cpl. Brooke C Woods



A new recruit with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, receives his initial haircut during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 7. Recruits receive haircuts immediately after arriving to create uniformity. Photo by Cpl. Brooke C Woods



U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgts. Samantha D. Torres and Alexandra J. Raudales, drill instructors with 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., encourage female enlistees to respond louder at Recruiting Station New Jersey's enlistee training event Dec. 1, 2018, at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, N.J. Female enlistees learned how to respond to the drill instructors and what to expect when they report to Parris Island, S.C., for recruit training. Torres if from North Bergen, N.J. and Raudales is from Chicago. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kate Busto/Released)
 


An 11th Armored Calvary Regiment OPFOR Surrogate Vehicle holds it’s position in Siberia, National Training Center, Calif., for any pursuing elements of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Hood, Texas on January 13, 2019. This defense challenged the Greywolf Brigade’s ability to take over a fortified area. (US Army photo by Sgt. Justin May)



Troopers of the 11TH Armored Cavalry Regiment survey Siberia, National Training Center, Calif., for any pursuing elements of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Hood, Texas on January 13, 2019. This defense challenged the Greywolf Brigade’s ability to take over a fortified area. (US Army photo by PV2 James Newsome)



Troopers of the 11TH Armored Cavalry Regiment survey Siberia, National Training Center, Calif., for any advancing elements of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Hood, Texas on January 13, 2019. This defense challenged the Greywolf Brigade’s ability to take over a fortified area. (US Army photo by Sgt. Justin May)



An 11th Armored Calvary Regiment OPFOR Surrogate Vehicle holds it’s position in Siberia, National Training Center, Calif., for any pursuing elements of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Hood, Texas on January 13, 2019. This defense challenged the Greywolf Brigade’s ability to take over a fortified area. (US Army photo by Sgt. Justin May)



11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Troopers scout the area of Siberia, National Training Center, Calif., for incoming elements of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Hood, Texas on January 13, 2019. This defense challenged the Greywolf Brigade’s ability to take over a fortified area. (US Army photo by PV2 James Newsome)
 
Assault Breacher Vehicle disembarks from a Landing Craft Air Cushion Hovercraft with Assault Craft Unit 5, during a simulated amphibious assault
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Iron Horse Troopers conduct live fire exercise at Camp Aachen in Grafenwoehr, Germany
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, and soldiers from the Kuwait Land Forces fire their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (U.S.) and BM-30 Smerch rocket systems (Kuwait) during a joint live-fire exercise, Jan. 8, 2019, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The U.S. and Kuwaiti forces train together frequently to maintain a high level of combat readiness and to maintain effective communication between the two forces.
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Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, assault an objective at a live-fire range during exercise Alexander the Great 2019 in Volos, Greece
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