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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alan Elder conducts a low-level static line parachute jump on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 20, 2023. The purpose of this training is for 3d Reconnaissance Marines to be able to support 3d Marine Littoral Regiment by inserting into key maritime terrain at a moment’s notice. Elder is an assistant team leader with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, and is a native of Springfield, Mo.
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U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, and 3d Marine Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, practice recovering a flipped combat rubber raiding craft while conducting CRRC operations during Pololu Strike at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2023. Pololu Strike is a 3d MLR exercise consisting of staff education, planning, and battalion-led field training. The training focuses on the education and development of 3d MLR and battalion staffs, deliberate planning repetitions, and execution of training and readiness standards in a field environment.
U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Divison, fire an M240B machine gun during Pololu Strike at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 28, 2023. Pololu Strike is a 3d Marine Littoral Regiment exercise consisting of staff education, planning, and battalion-led field training. The training focuses on the education and development of 3d MLR and battalion staffs, deliberate planning repetitions, and execution of training and readiness standards in a field environment.
U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion jump from a KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Wing 36 during Military Free Fall and Low-Level Static Line parachute operations over Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, May 16, 2023. The training sustains operational readiness while ensuring Marines are prepared to rapidly insert into austere environments through multiple methods. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Taggart)
U.S. Marines test their SCUBA gear during dive sustainment training on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July 6, 2023. 3d Reconnaissance Battalion conducted dive sustainment training to maintain proficiency of advanced insertion and extraction methods.
LtCol Brewer is a native of Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2000. After enlisting in May 2004 and completing Recruit Training at Parris Island, SC and follow-on 0311 rifleman training at Camp Lejeune, NC, he served in the Marine Corps Reserve with Company D, 4th...
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Bradley A. Leddy is a native of Lithia Springs, Georgia. He reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), Parris Island, South Carolina in July of 2002. After graduating Aircrew candidate School, Pensacola Florida. He attended Aircraft mechanic school, New River, North Carolina. He then completed...