Annual training [Image 9 of 18]

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

08.18.2014

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Patrick Dille 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

Explosive Ordnance Disposal 1st Class Joseph Tumminello of Oak Ridge, Tenn., a member of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD), rubs sand on the uniform of Marine Sgt. Christian Jardine of San Diego, a radio telephone operator with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd platoon, during an amphibious insertion drill at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows Aug. 18, 2014. Tumminello was part of a four-member Navy diver and demolition team augmenting the 4th Force Reconnaissance Company Marines during a two-week annual training period when more than 130 4th Force Reconnaissance Company Marines conducted exercises including live fire and demolition, small boat operations and scout swimming, and infiltration and ambush. The annual training period culminated in two days of full mission profiles that combined all the training elements into day and night operations for each platoon. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Patrick Dille, Navy Reserve Navy Public Affairs Support Element-West/RELEASED)

• Date Taken: 08.18.2014
• Date Posted: 08.22.2014 22:38
• Photo ID: 1518935
• VIRIN: 140818-N-AX577-349
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 2.45 MB
• Location: MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HAWAII, US
• Hometown: OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE, US
• Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US