Author: Brian

Military stock photo – As a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Marines with Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton enjoy the satire in “Sex Signals,” a theatrical presentation about sexual misconduct to better inform service members about sexual assault and how to better prevent it, at Camp Pendleton’s base theater, April 28. Performers use audience interaction combined with improvised skits to present real world scenarios to service members, to help keep them informed and entertained. “They are more on the level with how we communicate,” said Lance Cpl. Natasha Rosales, administrative clerk, Headquarters and Support Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, MCB Camp Pendleton. “Casual talking, making jokes, but in the end they really do make a clear message of what is appropriate and what isn’t, as far as stereotypes of males and females and how they converse and making sure they ask the right questions and not get caught up in bad situation.”

Military Stock Photo – Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, Jr., commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, smiles as he hands a challenge coin to a Marine from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during his visit to Marine Corps Base Hawaii with Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Fierle, III MEF sergeant major, April 28, 2011. During the visit, Glueck presented Sgt. Jorge A. Diaz, a squad leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, a Bronze Star Medal with Combat V. Diaz received the award for heroic achievement in connection with combat operations against the enemy during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan

Military Stock Photo – Sgt. Jorge A. Diaz, a squad leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, receives a Bronze Star Medal with Combat V from Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, Jr., commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, during Glueck’s visit to Marine Corps Base Hawaii with Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Fierle, III MEF sergeant major, April 28, 2011. Diaz received the award for heroic achievement in connection with combat operations against the enemy during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan,

Military Stock Photo – Marines with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct Tier 3 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 28. After repeal, gay men and women will be allowed to serve openly in the military.

Military Stock Photo – (Left to right) Jim Wood, mayor, Oceanside Calif. and Jim Knotts, president and CEO of Operation Homefront look on as Brigadier General Joseph L. Osterman, assistant commanding general, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton expresses his gratitude to hundreds of attendees during Operation Homefront’s unveiling of the latest Village housing facility to serve Southern California in support of wounded warriors and their families of Camp Pendleton April 28, in Oceanside Calif.

Military Stock Photo – A student at the Joint Security Academy Southwest aboard Camp Leatherneck poses with Petty Officer 1st Class Terry xxxxx, JSAS’s Senior Medical Department Representative, April 27. JSAS corpsmen were able to quickly diagnose Mamhd with appendicitis and transport him to the nearest medical facility for treatment, essentially saving his life.

Military Stock Photo – Sgt. Jorge A. Diaz, a squad leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, receives a challenge coin from Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck, Jr., commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, after Diaz was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with Combat V during Glueck’s visit to Marine Corps Base Hawaii with Sgt. Maj. Daniel J. Fierle, III MEF sergeant major, April 28, 2011. Diaz received the award for heroic achievement in connection with combat operations against the enemy during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan