U.S. Marines clear a building during Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center - U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Raul Arellano Jr. (left) and Pfc. Quinton Garrett (right), Company I, 3rd battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, clear a building during Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 24, 2019. The training was intended to enhance confidence and proficiency in the military skill sets needed for service members to operate in an urban environment. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Harshaw)
Basic Academy of International Studies Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets shop at the Marine Corps Post Exchange during a tour of the Combat Center, Dec. 4, 2015. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released) - Basic Academy of International Studies Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets shop at the Marine Corps Post Exchange during a tour of the Combat Center, Dec. 4, 2015. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released)
Pfc. Anthony C. Alamillo and Pfc. Nathan S. Barnes, mortar men, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provide support fire with a M224A1 60mm Mortar System during Exercise Chosin, a squad-level training evolution, at Range 410, August 26, 2015. The Marines with Weapons Company provided support to Company E as they executed an assault course. (Official Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Levi Schultz/Released) - Pfc. Anthony C. Alamillo and Pfc. Nathan S. Barnes, mortar men, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provide support fire with a M224A1 60mm Mortar System during Exercise Chosin, a squad-level training evolution, at Range 410, August 26, 2015. The Marines with Weapons Company provided support to Company E as they executed an assault course. (Official Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Levi Schultz/Released)
Cpl. Walter Pilkington, a radio operator with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepares his radio in the morning hours of Oct. 2 before taking part in a battalion clear of the Combat Center’s military operations in urban terrain facility at range 215. The Marines and sailors learned census patrols as part of the exercise, which are everyday occurrences in Iraq, and involve patrolling and going house-to-house in order to gain a better knowledge of the local community and surroundings, as well as honed their skills in “precision violence,” which is the idea of isolating a threat and dealing with that threat while specifically minimizing collateral damage.::r::::n::::r::::n:: - Cpl. Walter Pilkington, a radio operator with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepares his radio in the morning hours of Oct. 2 before taking part in a battalion clear of the Combat Center’s military operations in urban terrain facility at range 215. The Marines and sailors learned census patrols as part of the exercise, which are everyday occurrences in Iraq, and involve patrolling and going house-to-house in order to gain a better knowledge of the local community and surroundings, as well as honed their skills in “precision violence,” which is the idea of isolating a threat and dealing with that threat while specifically minimizing collateral damage.::r::::n::::r::::n::
1st Lt. Adam Felde, the Weapons Platoon commander with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines prior to entering a mock Afghan town for a patrolling mission as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at Range 215 Sept. 20. - 1st Lt. Adam Felde, the Weapons Platoon commander with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines prior to entering a mock Afghan town for a patrolling mission as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at Range 215 Sept. 20.