Soldiers with the 215th Corps Logistics Battalion, Afghan National Army participate in a basic radio operator course led by ANA Sgt. Khair Mohammad, a basic radio operator instructor, June 7, 2011, at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. This portion of the curriculum was the final test of a week-long radio operator instructor course taught by Marines with the Embedded Partnering Team, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward). Khair is one out of six soldiers to graduate from the course and is now capable of teaching his fellow ANA soldiers basic radio operations. - Soldiers with the 215th Corps Logistics Battalion, Afghan National Army participate in a basic radio operator course led by ANA Sgt. Khair Mohammad, a basic radio operator instructor, June 7, 2011, at Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan. This portion of the curriculum was the final test of a week-long radio operator instructor course taught by Marines with the Embedded Partnering Team, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward). Khair is one out of six soldiers to graduate from the course and is now capable of teaching his fellow ANA soldiers basic radio operations.
Lance Cpl. Thomas C. Martin (left), from Rutherford, N.C., a metal worker, and Cpl. Quinntin T. Smith (right), the tire shop non commissioned officer in charge with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), install an air seal inside a new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle tire June 6, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Since arriving in Afghanistan in January, the Marines at the tire shop rebuilt 512 tires for all types of motor transportation and heavy equipment, providing units within Regional Command Southwest, including the embedded partnering teams across the area of operation and even the fire department aboard Camp Leatherneck, with brand new tires for their vehicles. - Lance Cpl. Thomas C. Martin (left), from Rutherford, N.C., a metal worker, and Cpl. Quinntin T. Smith (right), the tire shop non commissioned officer in charge with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), install an air seal inside a new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle tire June 6, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Since arriving in Afghanistan in January, the Marines at the tire shop rebuilt 512 tires for all types of motor transportation and heavy equipment, providing units within Regional Command Southwest, including the embedded partnering teams across the area of operation and even the fire department aboard Camp Leatherneck, with brand new tires for their vehicles.
(From left to right) Lance Cpl. Christopher A. Hernandez, Cpl. Anthony J. Rosa, 1st Lt. David L. Koch, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Jerkovich, Lance Cpl. Courtney Mahle and Cpl. Richard M. Canfield, all with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), pose for a picture before taking off on a five-kilometer run for Memorial Day at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 30, 2011. The run gave troops and civilians deployed to Camp Leatherneck a chance to take a moment to honor fallen heroes on Memorial Day. - (From left to right) Lance Cpl. Christopher A. Hernandez, Cpl. Anthony J. Rosa, 1st Lt. David L. Koch, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Jerkovich, Lance Cpl. Courtney Mahle and Cpl. Richard M. Canfield, all with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), pose for a picture before taking off on a five-kilometer run for Memorial Day at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 30, 2011. The run gave troops and civilians deployed to Camp Leatherneck a chance to take a moment to honor fallen heroes on Memorial Day.
Navy Capt. Christopher J. Cobb, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the Combat Dentistry Detachment officer in charge with Alpha Surgical Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), conducts a wisdom tooth extraction on Lance Cpl. Eduardo A. Barrera, from Los Banos, Calif., a motor transportation operator with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (Fwd.), May 30, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. - Navy Capt. Christopher J. Cobb, from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the Combat Dentistry Detachment officer in charge with Alpha Surgical Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), conducts a wisdom tooth extraction on Lance Cpl. Eduardo A. Barrera, from Los Banos, Calif., a motor transportation operator with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (Fwd.), May 30, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan.
U.S., French and Italian forces conducted an 81-mile combat logistics patrol from Regional Command Southwest to retrieve the French F-2000 Mirage aircraft without incident in the Bakwa district of Regional Command West in Afghanistan May 27, 2011. Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) took the lead on the mission. In direct support of the battalion were teams from 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 2nd MLG (Fwd.), along with the Army’s 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion providing heavy equipment transport capabilities, an Aircraft Recovery Fire Fighting team from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, a French aircraft recovery team and an Italian team escorting the convoy from the RC boundary to the crash site where they continued to provide security for the duration of the operation in support of the International Security Assistance Force. - U.S., French and Italian forces conducted an 81-mile combat logistics patrol from Regional Command Southwest to retrieve the French F-2000 Mirage aircraft without incident in the Bakwa district of Regional Command West in Afghanistan May 27, 2011. Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) took the lead on the mission. In direct support of the battalion were teams from 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 2nd MLG (Fwd.), along with the Army’s 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion providing heavy equipment transport capabilities, an Aircraft Recovery Fire Fighting team from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, a French aircraft recovery team and an Italian team escorting the convoy from the RC boundary to the crash site where they continued to provide security for the duration of the operation in support of the International Security Assistance Force.
Afghan National Army soldiers from the 4th Kandak provide security during a recent convoy from Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, to the Marjah district of Helmand province. The Embedded Partnering Teams from Combat Logistics Battalion 7 and 2nd Maintenance Battalion (Forward), both with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), and the Embedded Training Team from Regimental Combat Team 1, Task Force Leatherneck escorted the 4th Kandak to their new home in Marjah where they will support 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, ANA with an engineer company, a reconnaissance company and an artillery company. - Afghan National Army soldiers from the 4th Kandak provide security during a recent convoy from Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, to the Marjah district of Helmand province. The Embedded Partnering Teams from Combat Logistics Battalion 7 and 2nd Maintenance Battalion (Forward), both with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), and the Embedded Training Team from Regimental Combat Team 1, Task Force Leatherneck escorted the 4th Kandak to their new home in Marjah where they will support 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, ANA with an engineer company, a reconnaissance company and an artillery company.
Two Afghan children pose for a picture as a joint-service combat logistics patrol rolls through their village, May 10, 2011. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), the Route Clearance Platoon from Joint-Task Force Paladin, and soldiers with the 541st Transportation Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion partnered to deliver mission-essential supplies to coalition forces operating near Forward Operating Base Shukvani, Afghanistan. It is common for Afghan children to approach the convoy, and if possible interact with the troops. - Two Afghan children pose for a picture as a joint-service combat logistics patrol rolls through their village, May 10, 2011. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), the Route Clearance Platoon from Joint-Task Force Paladin, and soldiers with the 541st Transportation Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion partnered to deliver mission-essential supplies to coalition forces operating near Forward Operating Base Shukvani, Afghanistan. It is common for Afghan children to approach the convoy, and if possible interact with the troops.
Seaman Charles A. Hill, from Albuquerque, N.M., a preventive medicine technician with the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Detachment, Alpha Surgical Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), sets up a mosquito trap May 19, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. The crew sets the traps around the base in strategic places where they suspect insects will breed to collect data and prevent further reproduction and infection effecting troops supporting International Security Assistance Force operations. - Seaman Charles A. Hill, from Albuquerque, N.M., a preventive medicine technician with the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Detachment, Alpha Surgical Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), sets up a mosquito trap May 19, 2011, aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. The crew sets the traps around the base in strategic places where they suspect insects will breed to collect data and prevent further reproduction and infection effecting troops supporting International Security Assistance Force operations.
Congressional representatives Mark Critz, Randy Forbes and Madeline Z. Bordallo, members of the Armed Services Committee, as well as Rep. Randy Hultgren, member of the Agriculture Committee, and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, visited the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 16, 2011. While here they spoke with Marines, to include senior leadership, about how equipment currently in theater is withstanding the operational tempo and environment. - Congressional representatives Mark Critz, Randy Forbes and Madeline Z. Bordallo, members of the Armed Services Committee, as well as Rep. Randy Hultgren, member of the Agriculture Committee, and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, visited the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 16, 2011. While here they spoke with Marines, to include senior leadership, about how equipment currently in theater is withstanding the operational tempo and environment.
Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Carr, the independent duty corpsman for Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), weighs his pack before starting the Danish Contingent at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, May 8, 2011. The Dancon is a 25-kilometer march the Royal Danish Army hosts wherever its troops are deployed. - Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Carr, the independent duty corpsman for Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), weighs his pack before starting the Danish Contingent at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, May 8, 2011. The Dancon is a 25-kilometer march the Royal Danish Army hosts wherever its troops are deployed.