Combat Center News

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, relax in the Palm Springs, Calif., United Service Organizations Tuesday at the Palm Springs International Airport. The USO is involved in many programs aboard the installation, to include Wounded Warriors. - Marines from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, relax in the Palm Springs, Calif., United Service Organizations Tuesday at the Palm Springs International Airport. The USO is involved in many programs aboard the installation, to include Wounded Warriors.

Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., watch a CH-46 Sea Knight lifts off Feb. 1, at Combat Center Range 220 during their Enhanced Mojave Viper predeployment training. The battalion will deploy to Afghanistan this spring to support Operation Enduring Freedom. - Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., watch a CH-46 Sea Knight lifts off Feb. 1, at Combat Center Range 220 during their Enhanced Mojave Viper predeployment training. The battalion will deploy to Afghanistan this spring to support Operation Enduring Freedom.

Thor, a Yellow Labrador Retriever, who is a military working dog with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., looks around the desert at Combat Center Range 220 on Feb. 2. The military working dogs are part of the battalion and will deploy with their Marine handlers. - Thor, a Yellow Labrador Retriever, who is a military working dog with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., looks around the desert at Combat Center Range 220 on Feb. 2. The military working dogs are part of the battalion and will deploy with their Marine handlers.

Sgt. Maj. Maximino Torres III, accepts the sword of office as sergeant major of 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment Feb. 5 from Lt. Col. Eduardo Abisellan, the commanding officer of the battalion. Torres assumed his post during a post and relief ceremony at the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field. - Sgt. Maj. Maximino Torres III, accepts the sword of office as sergeant major of 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment Feb. 5 from Lt. Col. Eduardo Abisellan, the commanding officer of the battalion. Torres assumed his post during a post and relief ceremony at the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field.

(from left to right) Lt. Col. Eduardo Abisellan, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment; Capt. Jarrod Overton, the commanding officer of Battery I; Staff Sgt. Lawrence Salcido, the battalion's local security chief; Sgt. Robert DeLuca, an ammunition technician; and Sgt. Maj. Robert Caldwell, the battalion sergeant major, pose for a photo during a promotions and awards ceremony Feb. 1. Overton, Salcido and DeLuca were all awarded Purple Heart Medals for wounds they received while on a mounted patrol during the battalion's deployment to Afghanistan last year. - (from left to right) Lt. Col. Eduardo Abisellan, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment; Capt. Jarrod Overton, the commanding officer of Battery I; Staff Sgt. Lawrence Salcido, the battalion's local security chief; Sgt. Robert DeLuca, an ammunition technician; and Sgt. Maj. Robert Caldwell, the battalion sergeant major, pose for a photo during a promotions and awards ceremony Feb. 1. Overton, Salcido and DeLuca were all awarded Purple Heart Medals for wounds they received while on a mounted patrol during the battalion's deployment to Afghanistan last year.