Thursday, October 13, 2011

Friday, October 7, 2011

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; October 7, 2011

Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to land their rubber craft aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2), Oct. 5. The Marines were practicing launch and recovery of the craft in preparation for the MEU’s certification exercise. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation’s force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

Monday, October 3, 2011

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; October 3, 2011

Low-altitude air-defense gunner Lance Cpl. Joseph Longo fires a stinger weapon system at an un-manned aerial vehicle here Oct. 1. He serves with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit embarked the amphibious assault ship Makin Island, the amphibious transport dock New Orleans and the dock landing ship Pearl Harbor Sept. 28 and is participating in its final exercise before deploying in November. Longo hails from Chino Hills, Calif.