RME1D05B–U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Leroy Gomez, with Regimental Combat Team 7, teaches a class on the components of an M-240G machine gun a
RMR59Y93–1993 - Somali children display the shirts given to them by Marines of Regimental Combat Team 7 participating in the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope.
RMDA42TY–U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the armory section, Regimental Combat Team 7 conduct a foreign weapons and NATO ballistics
RFJF3853–061221-M-9019H-019 A U.S. Marine is silhouetted in a window as he searches a building during a patrol in Haqlaniyah, Iraq, on Dec. 21, 2006. The Marine is attached to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). DoD photo by Cpl. Brian M. Henner, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
RM2MA4804–A US Marine Corps (USMC) troop with the Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7) digs-in during offensive in support of Operation Al Fajr, which is in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
RMW0M9Y3–The Marine Corps assistant commanding officer Gen. Robert Magnus visits with Marines and sailors of Regimental Combat Team 7 currently serving in Iraq's Al Anbar Province on October 30, 2006. RCT-7 is the U.S. military unit responsible for training Iraqi Security Forces and providing security in western Al Anbar. (UPI Photo/Jim Goodwin/US Marines)
RM2M8H1RH–Marines from Regimental Combat Team-7 (RCT-7) set up a perimeter and supervised an orderly distribution of grain to Somali nationals at a watering hole 80KM northeast of Baidoa. The Marines helped the nongovernmental organization Irish Concern, distribute 30 metric tons of grain. Base: Baidoa Country: Somalia (SOM)
RM2GKX01H–U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Dominic Freda, an assistant recruiter instructor, with Recruiting Station Cleveland shares a moment with his family during his purple heart ceremony at Veteran’s Memorial Plaza in Livonia, Michigan, July 14, 2021. Freda was serving as weapons platoon sergeant, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, and received wounds in action during Operation Enduring Freedom, May 15, 2010.
RM2M9NP0B–Private First Class (PFC) C. Renwick, USMC, C Company (C CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 7th Marine Regiment (MAR REGT), spends time with some children of Ziona, the suburb of Baghdad. Combat Service Support Company (CSSC) 117, Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7), 1ST Marine Division (MD) found suicide vests here during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ziona, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
RM2GKX37P–U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Dominic Freda, center, an assistant recruiter instructor with Recruiting Station (RS) Cleveland, Maj. Brian Hubert, right, the commanding officer of RS Cleveland and Sgt. Maj. Rachel Sienkiel, left, the sergeant major of RS Cleveland share a moment during his purple heart ceremony at Veteran’s Memorial Plaza in Livonia, Michigan, July 14, 2021. Freda was serving as weapons platoon sergeant, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, and received wounds in action during Operation Enduring Freedom, May 15, 2010.
RM2M8H667–Marines of Regimental Combat Team 7 hand out shirts to Somali children during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)
RMHF12C9–Navy Lt. Dennis White, a psychiatrist with the Regimental Combat Team 7 Observational Stress Control and Readiness Team, discusses a Traumatic Brain Injury pie chart with Petty Officer 3rd Class Allan Lee, a corpsman with the RCT-7 OSCAR Team, here, Nov. 9, 2012. The OSCAR Team provides counseling and mental health support to Marines and sailors in the RCT-7 area of operations. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kowshon Ye) RCT-7 psychiatrist keeps tabs on mental health 130409-M-IV927-001
RMW0M8FX–U.S. Marines and sailors of Regimental Combat Team 7 attended an Easter Sunday Catholic Mass at Camp Al Asad in Iraq's western Al Anbar Province on April 16, 2006. (UPI Photo/Sgt. Jim Goodwin/DOD)
RMHF1DWA–Sergeant Carlos Sanchez, engineer chief, Regimental Combat Team 7, and a native of Little Falls, N.J., embraces his wife Mercedes for the first time in nearly a year aboard Camp Margarita here, Aug. 7. The first main body of RCT-7 personnel returned to family and friends after being deployed approximately 10 months. The servicemembers worked with Afghan forces while deployed to Southwest Afghanistan. RCT-7 waves farewell to Afghanistan, returns home to hugs, kisses 130807-M-PC317-001
RMKWD8MX–110 Hawaiian men enlisting in a combat regiment of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry, March 1943. 14,000 men eventually served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and received 9,486 Purple Hearts and 21 Metals of Honor. They fought in Italy, southern (BSLOC 2016 7 27)
RMHF17G9–Petty Officer 1st Class Darnell Mason (top), lead petty officer and preventative medicine technician with Regimental Combat Team 7, battles for position with his opponent here, April 7. Darnell, a 35-year-old native of Honolulu, Hawaii, placed second in the middleweight division. RCT-7 Marines grapple their way through deployment 130406-M-IV927-003
RM2AA34R9–U.S. Marines with Regimental Jump Team, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observe the area in a Utility Task Vehicle during Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise (MWX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 7, 2019. MWX 1-20 was a force on force exercise designed to challenge the Marine Air Ground Task Force, other U. S. forces,and allied nations’ militaries against a peer adversary in a free-play environment in order to assist the forces with meeting current and future real-world operational demands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Corey
RMHF16CX–Sergeant Scott Cody, a motor transportation mechanic with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, pays his final respects to a fallen comrade during a memorial ceremony fort Staff Sgt. Jonathan Davis, Mar. 2, 2013. Davis, a motor transportation chief with Georgian Liaison Team, 32nd Georgian Light Infantry Battalion, was killed during combat operations in Helmand province, Feb. 22. 'Staff Sgt. Davis will always be remembered for his warrior spirit, can-do attitude, and fighter-leader mentality,' said Maj. Rudy Salcido, the GLT commanding officer. 'He embraced the responsi
RMKWDA7J–110 Hawaiian men enlisting in a combat regiment of 1,500 Americans of Japanese ancestry, March 1943. 14,000 men eventually served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and received 9,486 Purple Hearts and 21 Metals of Honor. They fought in Italy, southern (BSLOC 2016 7 27)
RMHF0XK9–Sgt. Shaye Carter, platoon sergeant, Personal Security Detail, Regimental Combat Team-7, radios target information during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper 7-12, July 24. Carter, the joint fires observer for PSD, provided grid coordinates and simulated targets to the Marines providing close air support. 'Raining Steel,' Marines practice close air support tactics 120724-M-IV927-069
RM2BFWRJ5–1993 - Somali children display the shirts given to them by Marines of Regimental Combat Team 7 participating in the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope.
RMDA42JK–U.S. Marines assigned to the armory section, Regimental Combat Team 7 pose for a group photo after conducting a foreign weapons
RM2HA339A–HONOLULU (Dec. 7, 2021) — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) is moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2021, a day before it’s commissioning ceremony. Inouye’s namesake, the late Senator Daniel Inouye, was a U.S. senator from Hawaii who served in congress from 1962 until his death in 2012. During World War II, Inouye served in the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, one of the most decorated military units in U.S. history; for his heroism, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd
RMRABB6K–The Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, presents the Silver Star to Master Sgt. Steven Davis (Ret) during an award ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 13, 2017. Davis received the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as a Section Leader with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
RMEGJK7C–US Marine Lance Cpl. Sterling N. Hagan shows Iraqi Army soldiers from the 7th IA Division proper disassemble and reassemble methods for the M-16 series rifle during training August 7, 2008 in Camp Mejid, Iraq.
RM2M8H64G–Somali children display the shirts given to them by Marines of Regimental Combat Team 7 participating in the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)
RM2M8H056–CMDR. James Nichols a chaplain assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7, conducts a religious service at Camp Stalder, headquarters for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 30 during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)
RMW0M8FN–Navy Lt. Cmdr. John T. Hannigan, a Catholic Priest and military chaplain for Regimental Combat Team 7, renews worshipers baptismal promises with holy water during an Easter Sunday Catholic Mass at Camp Al Asad in Iraq's western Al Anbar Province on April 16, 2006. (UPI Photo/Sgt. Jim Goodwin/DOD)
RMW0M61X–Gunnery Sgt. Ryan P. Shane (L), Company B, 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, lies wounded next to a fatally wounded Marine from the battle in Fallujah, Iraq on November 5, 2004. Photo released December 21. (UPI Photo/Joel Chaverri/U.S. Marines)
RMHF0XK8–An UH-1Y 'Venom' provides close air support during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper 7-12, July 24. Marines with Regimental Combat Team-7 coordinated close air support and artillery during the exercise designed to prepare them for an upcoming deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 'Raining Steel,' Marines practice close air support tactics 120724-M-IV927-044
RMDA42RK–U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Phillip Noble, right, with Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target during a foreign weapons and NATO
RMHF0XK6–Sgt. Shaye Carter, platoon sergeant, Personal Security Detail, Regimental Combat Team-7, looks through the Portable Lightweight Designator/Rangefinder during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper 7-12, July 24. Carter, the joint fires observer for PSD, coordinated with close air support to ensure simulated targets were properly destroyed. 'Raining Steel,' Marines practice close air support tactics 120724-M-IV927-010
RMRABB6H–The Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, presents the Silver Star to Master Sgt. Steven Davis (Ret) during an award ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 13, 2017. Davis received the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as a Section Leader with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
RMHE9T62–U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kowshon Ye, a Combat Camera videographer with Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7), 1st Marine Division, films a United Kingdom Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician during a training evolution at Camp Shorabak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2012. The training was conducted to teach explosive disposal techniques to members of the Afghan National Army. Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Martin
RM2M8H04A–CMDR. James P. Nichols a chaplain assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7, conducts a religious service at Camp Stalder, headquarters for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)
RM2M9NP3G–Piles of vests that were to be outfitted with explosive devices and used by suicide bombers. These vests were found by Explosive Ordnance Marines of Combat Service Support Company (CSSC)- 117, Regimental Combat Team 7, 1ST Marine Division, in a schoolyard located in the Baghdad suburb of Ziona. These devices were to be used to inflict civilian and coalition forces casualties during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (Substandard im
RMW0M61T–Gunnery Sgt. Ryan P. Shane (L), Company B, 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, is hit by enemy fire as he tried to pull a fatally wounded Marine (R) from the battle in Fallujah, Iraq on November 5, 2004. Photo released December 21. (UPI Photo/Joel Chaverri/U.S. Marines)
RM2MAH36N–070317-M-2819S-023. [Complete] Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army search civilians that were suspected to have planted an Improvised Explosive Device. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, faci
RMDA4333–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Masters from Little Rock, Ark., and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target
RMRTAXNY–U.S. Marines with the Fire Support Team (FIST) of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Marine Air-Ground Task Force-6 (MAGTF-6) scout and call fires while participating in the Regimental Assault Course (RAC) during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 aboard Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 4, 2019. ITX creates a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF.
RMHE9T61–U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kowshon Ye, a Combat Camera videographer with Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7), 1st Marine Division, films a United Kingdom Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician during a training evolution at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2012. The training was conducted to teach explosive disposal techniques to members of the Afghan National Army. Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Martin
RMKHX1YM–Brig Gen. Michael Martin (far left), deputy commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Command, Sgt. Eubaldo Lovato, Silver Star recipient, and Sgt. Maj. Bryan Fuller, Combat Logistics Group 453 Sgt. Maj., pose for a photo with Lovato’s family in Montrose, Colo., Nov. 18, 2017. Lovato received an award upgrade, from his previous Bronze Star, for his heroic actions while serving as a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, on Nov. 15, 2004. The Silver Star is the United States third-highest p
RMW0M61N–Gunnery Sgt. Ryan P. Shane, Company B, 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, pulls a fatally wounded Marine from the battle in Fallujah, Iraq on November 5, 2004. Seconds later Shane was also wounded by enemy fire. Photo released December 21. (UPI Photo/Joel Chaverri/U.S. Marines)
RM2MAH35A–070317-M-2819S-012. [Complete] Scene Caption: STAFF SGT. Longman with the Military Transition Team patrols alongside a mounted patrol and monitors Soldiers with the Iraqi Army. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Secu
RMW0M8FP–Navy Rear Adm. Robert F. Burt, a top Marine chaplain, gives an Easter sermon, during a suprise visit to U.S. service members with Regimental Combat Team 7, attending Easter Sunday Catholic Mass at Camp Al Asad in Iraq's western Al Anbar Province, April 16, 2006. (UPI Photo/Sgt. Jim Goodwin/DOD)
RMW0M61P–Gunnery Sgt. Ryan P. Shane (C), Company B, 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, pulls a fatally wounded Marine from the battle in Fallujah, Iraq on November 5, 2004. Seconds later Shane was also wounded by enemy fire. Photo released December 21. (UPI Photo/Joel Chaverri/U.S. Marines)
RMDA42X2–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Masters from Little Rock, Ark., and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 prepares to engage
RMHE9T60–U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kowshon Ye, a Combat Camera videographer with Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7), 1st Marine Division, films a United Kingdom Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician during a training evolution at Camp Shorabak, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Dec. 29, 2012. The training was conducted to teach explosive disposal techniques to members of the Afghan National Army. Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Martin
RMKHX1Y3–MONTROSE, CO – Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Eubaldo Lovato, a Silver Star recipient, holds his daughter prior to his Silver Star award ceremony in Montrose, Colo., Nov. 18, 2017. Lovato received an award upgrade, from his previous Bronze Star, for his heroic actions while serving as a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, on Nov. 15, 2004. The Silver Star is the United States third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/Released)
RMHEAH6C–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Masters with Regimental Combat Team 7 considers his next move during a game of dominos while waiting for his flight at the Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (A/DACG) staging area at Combat Outpost Shir Gazay, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Nov. 7, 2012. The Marine is conducting a sight assistance visit supporting the 12th Georgian Battalion. Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Martin
RMHF0X39–Marines with Regimental Combat Team-7 wait for instructions during gas chamber training here, June 29. The Marines practiced donning, clearing, and drinking water with the gas mask. The gas chamber is one of the many training exercises the Marines are completing in preparation for their upcoming deployment. RCT-7 will deploy in the fall to Helmand province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. E28098Don and clear,E28099 RCT-7 prepares for deployment 120629-M-RO295-086
RMHF12MT–Three curious Afghan boys watch Cpl. Anthony Middleton, team leader, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, during a partnered patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers, Nov. 16, 2012. The Marines worked as advisors to the ANA soldiers, teaching them to properly set security and safely sweep through an area. Marines under microscope, teach Afghan Army proper patrols, tactics 121116-M-PC317-387
RMHF18GG–U.S. Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, park an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. The Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-087
RM2MAH3GY–070317-M-2819S-039. [Complete] Scene Caption: A Soldier with the Iraqi Army serves as turret gunner for an Iraqi vehicle. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rul
RMW0M61W–Gunnery Sgt. Ryan P. Shane, Company B, 1st Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, prepares for training on November 5, 2004 just days before the attack on the city of Fallujah, Iraq. Shane was wounded by enemy fire during the operation while trying to save another Marine. Photo released December 21. (UPI Photo/Joel Chaverri/U.S. Marines)
RMDA42H8–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Masters from Little Rock, Ark., and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target
RMW0M8D2–Two Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division look at their certificates of completion they received for finishing a three-week Humvee licensing and preventive maintenance course at Camp Al Asad, Iraq. More than 20 Iraqi soldiers graduated from the three-week course March 20, 2006, which was taught by Regimental Combat Team-7 Marines. The Iraqi soldiers are now fully qualified to train and license other soldiers within their command. (UPI Photo/Staff Sgt. Jim Goodwin/USMC)
RMKHX1Y5–Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Eubaldo Lovato (left), Silver Star recipient, Brig. Gen. Michael Martin (center), deputy commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Command, and Sgt. Maj. Bryan Fuller, Inspector Instructor Sgt. Maj. of Combat Logistics Group 453 Sgt. Maj., 4th Marine Logistics Group, render honors during the playing of the National Anthem during the Silver Star award ceremony in Montrose, Colo., Nov. 18, 2017. Lovato received an award upgrade, from his previous Bronze Star, for his heroic actions while serving as a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st M
RMHF18GJ–U.S. Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, park an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. The Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-091
RM2MAH3H2–070317-M-2819S-045. [Complete] Scene Caption: CPL. Wright with the Military Transition Team laughs before a convoy brief with the Iraqi Army. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the develop
RMDA435G–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Masters from Little Rock, Ark., and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target
RMW0M8CR–Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division look at their certificates of completion they received for finishing a three-week Humvee licensing and preventive maintenance course at Camp Al Asad, Iraq. More than 20 Iraqi soldiers graduated from the three-week course March 20, 2006, which was taught by Regimental Combat Team-7 Marines. The Iraqi soldiers are now fully qualified to train and license other soldiers within their command. (UPI Photo/Staff Sgt. Jim Goodwin/USMC)
RMW0M8CK–An Iraqi soldier drags a mock casualty, role-played by Hospitalman James J. Campbell, a U.S. Navy Corpsman with Regimental Combat Team 7, out of a wooden hut and to safety during a mass casualty drill March 19, 2006, at the Iraqi Army camp at Al Asad, Iraq. The Iraqi soldiers, part of the 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, conducted the drill to practice their response in the event of a real mass casualty event. (UPI Photo/Staff Sgt. Jim Goodwin/USMC)
RMKHX1YA–Sgt. Maj. Bryan Fuller (left), Inspector Instructor Sgt. Maj. of Combat Logistics Group 453, and Brig. Gen. Michael Martin (center), Deputy Commanding General of Marine Corps Forces Command, present Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Eubaldo Lovato (right), with the Silver Star award in Montrose, Colorado, Nov. 18, 2017. Lovato received an award upgrade, from his previous Bronze Star, for his heroic actions while serving as a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, on Nov. 15, 2004. The Silver Star
RMHF18GH–U.S. Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, park an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. The Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-090
RM2MAH35C–070317-M-2819S-021. [Complete] Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army search civilians that were suspected to have planted an Improvised Explosive Device. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, faci
RMDA42WE–U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Robinson from Buffalo N.Y. and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 prepares to engage his target
RMW0M8CN–Iraqi soldiers lift Hospitalman James J. Campbell, a U.S. Navy corpsman with Regimental Combat Team 7 and mock casualty role-player, onto a stretcher before loading him into an ambulance during a mass casualty drill March 19, 2006, at the Iraqi Army camp at Al Asad, Iraq. The Iraqi soldiers, part of the 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, conducted the drill to practice their response in the event of a real mass casualty event. (UPI Photo/Staff Sgt. Jim Goodwin/USMC)
RMKHX1YE–Brig. Gen. Michael Martin, deputy commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Command, addresses Sgt. Lovato’s family and friends during his Silver Star award ceremony, in Montrose, Colo., Nov. 18, 2017. Lovato received an award upgrade, from his previous Bronze Star, for his heroic actions while serving as a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, on Nov. 15, 2004. The Silver Star is the United States third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Sam
RMHF18G6–U.S. Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, conduct function checks on an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. The Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-055
RM2MAH3KA–070317-M-2819S-022. [Complete] Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army search civilians that were suspected to have planted an Improvised Explosive Device. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, faci
RMDA42M0–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Masters from Little Rock, Ark., and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target
RMHF18G8–A U.S. Marine M1A1 Abrams tank with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, rolls by on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. Camp Shir Ghazay is home to the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company who deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-070
RMHF14JA–Corporal Kenneth Nageotte, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist with Regimental Combat Team 7 and native of Redlands, Calif., served on Marine Security Guard duty in Latvia and Egypt, and now plans to exit the Marine Corps to get his degree and go back to Latvia as a civilian security expert. 'He embodies our core values and truly lives his life as Marines should,' said Chief Warrant Officer 3 William Orr, the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense officer with RCT-7. 'He is aware of what the title he's earned represents, and he approaches every day as
RM2MAH35R–070317-M-2819S-011. [Complete] Scene Caption: Marines with the Military Transition Team post security for a street while Soldiers in the Iraqi army search vehicles. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces,
RMHF1BRT–Cpl. Stephen Dodd, an ammunition technician specialist with Regimental Combat Team 7, is responsible for the issuing and accounting of ammunition for units within the RCT-7 area of operations. Dodd, a 27-year-old native of Sandy Springs, Ga., said he enjoys his job because there is a balance of hands-on and computer work. Dodd plans to get out of the Marine Corps in the winter to pursue a degree in criminal justice and a career in law enforcement or private investigation. 'Criminal justice interests me because I like getting to the bottom of things. I like doing research and solving problems'
RMHF18C5–A U.S. Marine M1A1 Abrams tank with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, parks at a staging area on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. Camp Shir Ghazay is home to the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company who deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130425-M-RO295-034
RMDA42H3–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Masters from Little Rock, Ark., and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target
RMHF1485–Lance Cpl. Adam Henderson, a 19-year-old native of Clark, S.D., and the chaplain's assistant with Regimental Combat Team 7, is serving in a senior noncommissioned officer's job during a yearlong deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 'He's really good at organization and computers,' said Cmdr. Michael Williams, the chaplain with RCT-7. 'The other thing that makes him really good is his heart. He understands there are people who need to be cared for, and he translates that into how he interacts with people.' Marine steps out of box, works with hear
RMHF17H6–U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Mark Pittman, left, and Mark Howell, both with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, pose for a photo at the Afghan Uniformed Police station during Operation Eagle in Delaram city, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 8, 2013. Pittman and Howell were part of the security force detail for the 4th Brigade, 215th Corps Brigade Advisor Team that was conducting Operation Eagle, an Afghan-led clearing operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Brotherhood 130408-M-RO295-170
RMHF18G7–U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Bryan Raspberry, a loader with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, conducts function checks on an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. Raspberry alongside the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-066
RM2MAH3GC–070317-M-2819S-028. [Complete] Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army prepares to leave on a mounted patrol alongside the Marines with Military Transition Team. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces
RMDA42HX–U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Robinson from Buffalo N.Y. and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 prepares to engage his target
RMHF18G5–U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Bryan Raspberry, a loader with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, conducts function checks on an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. Raspberry alongside the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-052
RMHF149N–Petty Officer 2nd Class Jovan Delafuente, a corpsman with the Security Force Assistance Advisor Team, Regimental Combat Team 7, provides security while halted behind a compound during Operation New Hope, Kajaki, Afghanistan, Jan. 16. During the three-day operation, more than 100 ANA soldiers along with various Afghan National Security Forces elements cleared weapons caches, improvised explosive devices and enemy fighting positions from the area. Accompanying the ANA were 18 Marine advisors providing call for fires and tactical impute when needed. Operation New Hope clears insurgent stronghold
RMHF18GB–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Paul Acevedo a section leader from Pomona, Calif., assigned to Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, conducts function checks on an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. Acevedo alongside the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-073
RM2MAH357–070317-M-2819S-017. [Complete] Scene Caption: An Iraqi man speaks with a Soldier with the Iraqi Army about the activities of the city. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of
RMDA42WX–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeremy Masters from Little Rock, Ark., and assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 prepares to engage
RMHF18GC–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Paul Acevedo, a section leader from Pomona, Calif., assigned to Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, conducts function checks on an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. Acevedo alongside the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-074
RM2MAH35M–070317-M-2819S-010. [Complete] Scene Caption: A soldier with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army checks some paperwork of an Iraqi man while his vehicle is being searched. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army search vehicles during a mounted patrol as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-We
RMDA4305–U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Phillip Noble, left, with Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target during a foreign weapons and NATO ballistics live-fire shoot on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 1, 2013. The Marines conducted the shoot to
RMHF18GD–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Paul Acevedo, a section leader from Pomona, Calif., assigned to Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, conducts function checks on an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. Acevedo alongside the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-075
RM2MAH36P–070317-M-2819S-013. [Complete] Scene Caption: An Iraqi girl watches as Marines with the Military Transition Team and Soldiers with the Iraqi Army search houses during a mounted patrol. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Ir
RMDA42PE–U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Phillip Noble with Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target during a foreign weapons and NATO ballistics live-fire shoot on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 1, 2013. The Marines conducted the shoot to ensure
RMHF18GE–U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Paul Acevedo, a section leader from Pomona, Calif., assigned to Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, (RCT) 7, conducts function checks on an M1A1 Abrams tank on Camp Shir Ghazay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. Acevedo alongside the Marines and Sailors of Delta Company deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe/Released) Delta Company tanks roll through Shir Ghazay 130427-M-RO295-078
RM2MAH3HH–070317-M-2819S-033. [Complete] Scene Caption: Marines with Military Transition Team post security at the end of a street. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rul
RMDA430P–U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Phillip Noble, left, with Regimental Combat Team 7 engages his target during a foreign weapons and NATO ballistics live-fire shoot on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 1, 2013. The Marines conducted the shoot to