Combat Center News

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.

Marines and sailors with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, check out a few of the old, rusted cars which dot the landscape of Keys Ranch in Joshua Tree National park Jan. 28. Fourteen Marines and sailors from the battalion volunteered their day to help restore a cabin which had succumbed to the harsh climate of the Mojave Desert and remove unwanted vegetation from the ranch. - Marines and sailors with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, check out a few of the old, rusted cars which dot the landscape of Keys Ranch in Joshua Tree National park Jan. 28. Fourteen Marines and sailors from the battalion volunteered their day to help restore a cabin which had succumbed to the harsh climate of the Mojave Desert and remove unwanted vegetation from the ranch.