ceebee23:

NAVCENT, 5th Fleet AOR, At Sea - Staff Sgt. Tom Painter, from Roanoke, Va., and section leader, Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), executes a personnel and vehicle casualty drill during an exercise in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility April 23, 2013. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is currently deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Guevara/Released)

htsflhssdmcu:

130516-D-ZZ999-005 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 16, 2013) A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the mid-Pacific. The SM-3 Block 1B successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands in Kauai, Hawaii. Lake Erie detected and tracked the target with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar. The event was the third consecutive successful intercept test of the SM-3 Block IB missile. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

htsflhssdmcu:

130516-N-WL435-154 PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (May 16, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert tours a memorial dedicated to the Republic of Korea navy corvette ROKS Cheonan (PCC 772) at Pyeongtaek Naval Base. The ship was sunk by a North Korean torpedo on March 26, 2010. Greenert is on a fleet engagement tour of the Asia-Pacific with forward operating U.S. forces, allies and partner nations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

htsflhssdmcu:

130516-N-WL435-154 PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (May 16, 2013) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert tours a memorial dedicated to the Republic of Korea navy corvette ROKS Cheonan (PCC 772) at Pyeongtaek Naval Base. The ship was sunk by a North Korean torpedo on March 26, 2010. Greenert is on a fleet engagement tour of the Asia-Pacific with forward operating U.S. forces, allies and partner nations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor/Released)

dogtagsandcombatboots:

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ceebee23:

NAVCENT, 5th Fleet AOR, At Sea - 2nd Lt. Michael Swenson, fire support officer from Houston, Minn., attached to Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), boards a Navy landing craft utility to return to the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) at the conclusion of a training exercise in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility May 4, 2013. 

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NAVCENT, 5th Fleet AOR, At Sea - Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board a Navy landing craft utility to return to the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) at the conclusion of a training exercise in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility May 4, 2013.

The 26th MEU is currently deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released) 

semperannoying:

Marine, Dog Reunited in Surprise Ceremony - Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach, of Madison, Wisc., gets a kiss from Casey, a four-year-old yellow labrador that he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Gundlach thought he was traveling to the Iowa Capitol to tell state officials why he should take ownership of the dog, which has been working for the state fire marshal’s office. Gundlach didn’t realize officials already had made arrangements to get another dog for explosives detection.

(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) 

dogtagsandcombatboots:

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bedazzledbodybag:

Fight deck.

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watching my sailor go through tools getting ready for a junk yard run with our roommate to celebrate my sailor being on leave. Kids in a candy store. hahahah

I’m working on my last essay of the semester. and i just bought ALL OF WORD OFFICE for like under 10$ instead of 300$. ASDFGHJKL. that was a win. go mil discounts! 

oh and We’re meeting each others families for the first time in the next week. I’M KINDA TERRIFIED. 

americasnavy:

On Armed Forces Day, join us in saluting all of the branches of the military that defend and protect our land, sea and sky.

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soldierporn:

160th SOARs in Peru.

In support of Special Operations Command South, a MH-60 Blackhawk from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), takes off for a mission to provide aerial support during a combined U.S.-Peruvian Special Operations exercise in the Pasco region, located in central Peru. The exercise enabled U.S. and Peruvian special operations to share military tactics, improve interoperability and strengthen partnerships between the two nations.

(Photo by Army Maj. Emanuel Ortiz, Special Operations Command South Public Affairs Office, 7 MAY 2013.)

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idreaminwords:

Do you ever look up from reading a book and get disoriented because you’re actually in your bedroom or class or somewhere that isn’t the story?

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE OMG

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