U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division board a KC-130J Super Hercules with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing while conducting a rapid response drill within the first island chain, Sept. 4, 2021. III Marine Expeditionary Force executed these actions as part of a series of integrated no-notice drills to maintain their high state of readiness and demonstrate U.S. resolve to maintain regional security. The drill refined command and control, communication and coordination of joint fires. 2/3 is forward-deployed under 4th Marines as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Aubuchon)
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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Devon Wheeler, a rifleman assigned to 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, establishes communications during Indo-Pacific Warfighting Exercise in the Northern Training Area on Okinawa, Japan, August 31, 2021. This force-on-force exercise demonstrated the ability to seize and defend key-maritime terrain and provided an opportunity to employ techniques to rapidly establish forward arming and refueling points. 2/3 is currently attached to 4th Marines as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Aubuchon)
U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, conduct a live-fire squad attack on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 15, 2021. Marines rehearsed combined arms tactics in maritime terrain and sustained individual and small unit proficiency. 2/3 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Aubuchon)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Konner Pontius, rifleman, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, advances down range while executing squad attacks during Exercise Bougainville I on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 25, 2020. Bougainville I is designed to train and evaluate team leaders in small unit proficiency and increase the Battalion’s combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob Wilson)
A U.S. Marine with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sights in with an M-240B machine gun while in the defense during Exercise Bougainville I at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 26, 2020. Bougainville I is designed to train and evaluate team leaders in small unit proficiency and increase the Battalion’s combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob Wilson)
LtCol Turner hails from Newton, NC where he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1996 serving as a 0351 at Marine Barracks Washington D.C. As a Sergeant of Marines, LtCol Turner matriculated to the Virginia Military Institute (V.M.I.) in 1999 and graduated in 2003 with a Bachelors of Arts in History....
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Sergeant Major Moreno enlisted in the Marine Corps 2 January 2002 and attended Recruit Training at MCRD San Diego, California. Upon completion, Private First Class Moreno received training at Marine Combat Training (MCT), in Camp Pendleton and then received orders to Camp Lejeune, NC for his MOS...
2/3 Fallen Marines, OEF
"Although no sculptured marble shall rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored." - Daniel Webster.
LCpl James D. Argentine
LCpl Travis T. Babine
LCpl Joshua M. Bernard
PO3 Anthony C. Garcia
LCpl Christian GuzmanRivera
Sgt Jay M. Hoskins
LCpl Steven A. Valdez
LCpl Ryan J. Nass
LCpl Phillip C. George
LCpl Kevin B. Joyce
Cpl Matthew R. Lembke
LCpl John J. Malone
LCpl Alfonso Ochoa Jr.
LCpl Joshua R. Whittle
2/3 Fallen Marines, OIF
LtCol Max A. Galeai
LtCol Joseph T. McCloud
Capt Philip J. Dykeman
1stLt Joshua L. Booth
GySgt Terry J. Elliot
Cpl Marcus W. Preudhomme
Cpl Joshua C. Sticklen
LCpl Anthony Aguirre
LCpl Joshua C. Alonzo
LCpl Donald S. Brown
LCpl Timothy W. Brown
LCpl Daniel B. Chaires
LCpl James P. Chamroeun
LCpl Matthew W. Clark
HN Matthew G. Conte
LCpl James R. Davenport
LCpl Mario D. Gonzalez
LCpl Derek W. Jones
LCpl Daniel T. Morris
LCpl Stephen L. Morris
LCpl Jeremy S.Sandvick Monroe
LCpl Michael D. Scholl
LCpl Jeromy D. West
PFC Christopher T. Riviere
PVT Edwardo J. Lopez
PVT Heath D. Warner