3d Marine Regiment

U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Frank Dominguez, command master chief, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, left, and Chief Petty Officer Nico DaSilva, 2nd Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment, medical chief, cut cake during a birthday celebration on Marine Corps Base, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, April 2, 2018. The chiefs celebrated the Navy’s 125th chief petty officer’s birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Demetrius Munnerlyn)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert Lindsay talks into a radio on a mounted patrol during Exercise Bougainville I at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, March 15, 2018. During this training event, the Marines conducted mounted patrols as a combined anti-armor team. Exercise Bougainville I is used to train Marines to fight in the small-unit level and build their proficiency for future deployments. Lindsay, a native of Bangor, Pennsylvania, is with 1st Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment. He graduated from Bangor High School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Eric Tso)

U.S. Marines are inserted by CH-53E Super Stallion during Exercise Bougainville I at Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, March 12, 2018. Bougainville I is used to train Marines at the small-unit level and build their proficiency for future deployments. The Marines are with Company B, 1st Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Trevor Rowett)

Marines, Sailors and families attend a “welcome home” block party on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Feb. 28, 2018.

Marines and Sailors are greeted by Col. Michael Styskal and senior leadership upon their return to Marine Corps Base Hawaii from Integrated Training Exercise 2-18, Feb. 22, 2018.

U.S. Marine Capt. Kenneth LaLonde was named the 2017 III Marine Expeditionary Force Logistician of the Year. After a sudden change in billet, LaLonde accepted his new responsibilities and excelled at them as a young officer, leading to his recognition as the 2017 III MEF Logistician of the Year.

Sgt. Maj. Alfonso D. Via, former 3rd Marine Regiment Sgt. Maj., 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, is relieved by Colonel Michael S. Stskal, Commanding Officer, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, during a post and relief ceremony at Camp Wilson aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 17, 2018.

Marines standby for their departure to Integrated Training Exercise 2-18 from Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2018.

Marines and Sailors with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, bid their families and friends farewell as they prepare to deploy from Marine Corps Base Hawaii to Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 08, 2017.

Marines and Sailors with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, bid their families and friends farewell as they prepare to deploy from Marine Corps Base Hawaii to Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 08, 2017.

Marines and Sailors with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, bid their families and friends farewell as they prepare to deploy from Marine Corps Base Hawaii to Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 08, 2017.

U.S. Marines from Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division conduct a long range swim training exercise, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 5, 2017.

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 flies over an amphibious assault vehicle from Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, during a long range swim training exercise, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 5, 2017.

Cpl. Nathan Blue (left), Hospitalman Second Class Jonathan Alexander (middle), and Hospitalman Third Class Timothy Lucsom (right), oversee 2nd Lt. Mark Mabry playing a simulated downed pilot during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel training event in Exercise Bougainville II at Landing Zone Boondocker, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, on Oct. 26, 2017.

U.S. Marines hold their positions while attending the Infantry Platoon Battle Course at the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Island of Hawaii, Oct. 25, 2017.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Pesto, driver of a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle at the mobile assault course during Exercise Bougainville II at the Pohakuloa Training Area, on the island of Hawaii, Oct. 23, 2017.