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U.S. Marines with Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), present the colors during the Marine Corps historical uniform pageant at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 9, 2022. The event included a historical uniform pageant and the traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the Marine Corps’ 247th birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacquilyn Davis)
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dallas Burke, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), showcases a historic Marine Corps uniform during the Marine Corps historical uniform pageant at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 9, 2022. The event included a historical uniform pageant and the traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 247th Marine Corps birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacquilyn Davis)
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Austin Renforth, commanding general, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), salutes the colors during the Marine Corps historical uniform pageant at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 9, 2022. The event included a historical uniform pageant and the traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 247th Marine Corps birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacquilyn Davis)
U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), present the Marine Corps birthday cake during the Marine Corps historical uniform pageant at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 9, 2022. The event included a historical uniform pageant and the traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 247th Marine Corps birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacquilyn Davis)
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Austin Renforth, commanding general, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), cuts a piece of cake during the Marine Corps historical uniform pageant at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 9, 2022. The event included a historical uniform pageant and the traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 247th Marine Corps birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacquilyn Davis)
U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), reenact the WWII flag raising atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima during the Marine Corps historical uniform pageant at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 9, 2022. The event included a historical uniform pageant and the traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 247th Marine Corps birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacquilyn Davis)
Cpl. Noah Crague, a military working dog handler with the Provost Marshal Office (PMO), Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), answers questions from Palms Vista Elementary School students during a showcase at Palm Vista Elementary School, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 8, 2022. This event brought together Marines and the community who support the base while showcasing the abilities and uses of military working dogs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray)
Dino, a military working dog with the Provost Marshal Office (PMO), Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), bites Cpl. Briana DeJesus, a military working dog handler with PMO, during a showcase at Palm Vista Elementary School, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 8, 2022. This event brought together Marines and the community who support the base while showcasing the abilities and uses of military working dogs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray)
Cpl. Noah Crague, a military working dog handler with the Provost Marshal Office (PMO), Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), talks to Palm Vista Elementary students about the equipment used by military working dogs and their handlers during a showcase at Palm Vista Elementary School, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 8, 2022. This event brought together Marines and the community who support the base while showcasing the abilities and uses of military working dogs. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray)
U.S. Marine Corps veterans, residents of San Bernardino County pose for a group photo with U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Emanuel Reid and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Steven Haack with U.S. Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School (MCCES) while participating in the Commanding General’s Tour program at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 30, 2022. The tour served as a reunion for the veterans who revisited the base where they served and attended initial training at MCCES. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Brummett)
Christian Crichton and Bryan Fegurgur, firefighters with the Combat Center Fire Department conduct vehicle fire drills on a training car at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 28, 2022. Firefighters conducted vehicle fire drills to hone their skills in a controlled environment. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Christy Yost)
Firefighters with the Combat Center Fire Department conduct a burn box exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 26, 2022. Firefighters conduct burn box drills to hone their skills in a controlled interior and high intensity heat environment. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Christy Yost)
United Arab Emirates (UAE) soldiers with Brigade Support Battalion, Presidential Guard, and U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, practice reconnaissance and reporting during observation lane training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 28, 2022. The U.S. Marine Corps and UAE maintain a close relationship through persistent bilateral training engagements and programs, enhancing each other’s ability to conduct counterterrorism operations, protect critical infrastructure, and support national defense. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Kennelly)
United Arab Emirates (UAE) soldiers with Brigade Support Battalion, Presidential Guard, practice reconnaissance and reporting during observation lane training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 28, 2022. The U.S. Marine Corps and UAE maintain a close relationship through persistent bilateral training engagements and programs, enhancing each other’s ability to conduct counterterrorism operations, protect critical infrastructure, and support national defense. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Kennelly)
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct planning during Exercise Maltese Dragon, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California - U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct planning during Exercise Maltese Dragon, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 15, 2022. Exercise Maltese Dragon is a training exercise, hosted by Marine Corps Logistics Operation Group, where logistics staffs train in an exercise-controlled environment undergoing different Combat Operations Center simulated stressors used to train and educate well-rounded Marine Air Ground-Task Force logisticians. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alpha Hernandez)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Leilana TupuaRodriguez poses for a photo with a child hours before a suicide bomb explosion at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021. - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Leilana TupuaRodriguez poses for a photo with a child hours before a suicide bomb explosion at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021. TupuaRodriguez, a native of Bremerton, Washington, received the Jim Kallstrom Award for her bravery while serving as a criminal investigator with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, supporting evacuations during the bombing in Kabul that took the life of 13 service members in August 2021. Courtesy Photo