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Following the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean Island nation of Haiti Jan 12, U.S. Marines were sent to help the thousands there in need of aid. Marines with the 22nd and 24th Marine Expeditionary Units are part of the Navy and Marine Corps humanitarian mission. In all, there are more than 5,000 Marines in Haiti to assist with U.S. support efforts.
A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is a scalable, multi-purpose force of more than 2,200 Marines and sailors. The MEU consists of a Ground Combat Element, Aviation Combat Element, Logistics Combat Element, and a Command Element.
Marines in Afghanistan currently serve under the command of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, which is deployed to support NATO’s International Security Assistance Force to participate in counterinsurgency operations.
Streamlight Sidewinder – angle head tactical hand-held LED flashlight
Sidewinder shines light on issued gear
The standard government issued flashlight is no longer. In comes the newest military tactical light, the Sidewinder Handheld Flashlight, which offers more capabilities and is more versatile than its bulky Vietnam-era predecessor. Light-weight and more practical, the HHFL has a 185-degree pivoting ...
Cpl. Brady A. Gustafson
Eagan, Minn.
Age: 21
Occupation: Rifleman
Unit:Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment
Gustafson was awarded the Navy Cross and meritoriously promoted to corporal March 27 in a ceremony aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., for his actions July 21, 2008, in Shewan, Afghanistan. Gustafson was manning the turret gun ...
Soldiers with 1st Company, Commando Battalion, 7th Iraqi Army Division, graduated from a four-week training course designed by Military Transition Team 7 of Multi-National Force – West to help the soldiers hone their combat skills.
7th Iraqi Army Division soldiers graduate commando course
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq —
Shots rang out as soldiers with 1st Company, Commando ...
