II MEF News

Lance Cpl. Brandon Walker, a tow gunner with 1st Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Task Force Belleau Wood, loads a shell into the chamber of an M1014 combat shotgun during range training on Camp Leatherneck, June 4. The training was conducted to qualify Marines on the shotgun. It included Marines from various posts and billets from both Charlie and Weapons Companies, 1/23. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Katherine M. Solano) - Lance Cpl. Brandon Walker, a tow gunner with 1st Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Task Force Belleau Wood, loads a shell into the chamber of an M1014 combat shotgun during range training on Camp Leatherneck, June 4. The training was conducted to qualify Marines on the shotgun. It included Marines from various posts and billets from both Charlie and Weapons Companies, 1/23. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Katherine M. Solano)

Lance Cpl. Orlando Tovar, a squad automatic rifleman with Company Charlie, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Task Force Belleau Wood, patrols the streets of Zaranj during a visit from Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, June 4. Toolan met with the Nimroz provincial governor, Abdul Karim Brahawi, to participate in the opening ceremony of the city’s new hospital emergency room. - Lance Cpl. Orlando Tovar, a squad automatic rifleman with Company Charlie, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Task Force Belleau Wood, patrols the streets of Zaranj during a visit from Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, June 4. Toolan met with the Nimroz provincial governor, Abdul Karim Brahawi, to participate in the opening ceremony of the city’s new hospital emergency room.

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment and Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a census patrol here, May 20, 2011. The Marines with 3/9 conducted census and security patrols after the battalion expanded its area of operations during Operation Harvest Moon. - Marines with 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment and Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a census patrol here, May 20, 2011. The Marines with 3/9 conducted census and security patrols after the battalion expanded its area of operations during Operation Harvest Moon.

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Sgt. Joseph Graham, a forward observer with Fire Control Team 5, Supporting Arms Liaison Team Chuck, 2nd Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company monitors a village for insurgent activity, May 7. Marines with 2nd Radio Battalion, Task Force Belleau Wood, supply units like 2nd ANGLICO with indications and warning of insurgent activity. - Sgt. Joseph Graham, a forward observer with Fire Control Team 5, Supporting Arms Liaison Team Chuck, 2nd Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company monitors a village for insurgent activity, May 7. Marines with 2nd Radio Battalion, Task Force Belleau Wood, supply units like 2nd ANGLICO with indications and warning of insurgent activity.

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A service member here addresses a question to U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, June 5. Gates stopped at Dwyer during his farewell tour of Afghanistan. He is slated to step down from his post this month. - A service member here addresses a question to U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, June 5. Gates stopped at Dwyer during his farewell tour of Afghanistan. He is slated to step down from his post this month.