Seaman Apprentice Rachel Jones gives an immunization to an officer candidate from the Officer Candidate School’s incoming India Company on May 28, the first day of the OCS clinic’s Operation Bulldog, which sees the student body and the clinic’s staff triple for the summer. The clinic processed about 200 students that day and about 400 the next day. - Seaman Apprentice Rachel Jones gives an immunization to an officer candidate from the Officer Candidate School’s incoming India Company on May 28, the first day of the OCS clinic’s Operation Bulldog, which sees the student body and the clinic’s staff triple for the summer. The clinic processed about 200 students that day and about 400 the next day.
Sgt. Maj. Wayne Pedersen, coach of The Basic School volleyball team, hits a ball during an intramural game against Marine Corps Systems Command at the Barber Physical Activities Center aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on May 28, 2013. MCSC won the game after a close second set. - Sgt. Maj. Wayne Pedersen, coach of The Basic School volleyball team, hits a ball during an intramural game against Marine Corps Systems Command at the Barber Physical Activities Center aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on May 28, 2013. MCSC won the game after a close second set.
2nd Lt. Camron York, The Basic School student, sits in a model humvee while Marines from the 6th Platoon, Bravo Co., TBS, learn about an exercise in the Virtual Combat Convoy Trainer on May 21, 2013. The VCCT is part of the TBS students’ introduction to convoy operations - 2nd Lt. Camron York, The Basic School student, sits in a model humvee while Marines from the 6th Platoon, Bravo Co., TBS, learn about an exercise in the Virtual Combat Convoy Trainer on May 21, 2013. The VCCT is part of the TBS students’ introduction to convoy operations
Cpl. Joshua Apsey, instructor, Warfighting group, The Basic School, and Cpl. Arif Hasan, instructor, Warfighting group, TBS, answer questions from the Military Advisory Committee while they visit Range 7 on April 4, 2013. Members were able to ask Apsey and Hasan about what they were doing in the training exercise. - Cpl. Joshua Apsey, instructor, Warfighting group, The Basic School, and Cpl. Arif Hasan, instructor, Warfighting group, TBS, answer questions from the Military Advisory Committee while they visit Range 7 on April 4, 2013. Members were able to ask Apsey and Hasan about what they were doing in the training exercise.
2nd Lt. Gregory Mateo, a Marine awaiting training in the Infantry Officer Course, watches for the first time, an MV-22 Osprey fly by during a proof-of-concept training exercise for tactical employment of the Osprey in future operations at Landing Zone Cockatoo on Feb. 6. It was also the first time for most of the officers going through the training leaving most of them with a look of awe. - 2nd Lt. Gregory Mateo, a Marine awaiting training in the Infantry Officer Course, watches for the first time, an MV-22 Osprey fly by during a proof-of-concept training exercise for tactical employment of the Osprey in future operations at Landing Zone Cockatoo on Feb. 6. It was also the first time for most of the officers going through the training leaving most of them with a look of awe.
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va (Jan. 9) - Cpl. Ryan Halstead, a small arms technician for Ground Ordinance Maintenance Platoon, The Basic School, examines the bore of a disassembled M4 rifle fired by lieutenants in Infantry Officers Course at Range 15 on Jan. 9. Ordinance Maintenance Platoon maintains the third largest armory in the Marine Corps. - MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va (Jan. 9) - Cpl. Ryan Halstead, a small arms technician for Ground Ordinance Maintenance Platoon, The Basic School, examines the bore of a disassembled M4 rifle fired by lieutenants in Infantry Officers Course at Range 15 on Jan. 9. Ordinance Maintenance Platoon maintains the third largest armory in the Marine Corps.
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Jan. 11) – Sgt. Luis Sevila, a warehouse cleck for supply platoon, The Basic School, unwraps a pack of cammo-netting to inspect for serviceability. Behind the scenes, Supply platoon is responsible for tracking the beans, bullets and Band-aids for all of The Basic School. - MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Jan. 11) – Sgt. Luis Sevila, a warehouse cleck for supply platoon, The Basic School, unwraps a pack of cammo-netting to inspect for serviceability. Behind the scenes, Supply platoon is responsible for tracking the beans, bullets and Band-aids for all of The Basic School.
The breech of a M777 A2 Lightweight Howitzer after a five-shot volley during an artillery demonstration by Marines with Artillery Instructor Battery, Combat Instructor Company, Instuctor Battalion, The Basic School on Nov. 28. The M777 A2 can fire rounds weighing about 100 pounds onto targets more than 18 miles away. - The breech of a M777 A2 Lightweight Howitzer after a five-shot volley during an artillery demonstration by Marines with Artillery Instructor Battery, Combat Instructor Company, Instuctor Battalion, The Basic School on Nov. 28. The M777 A2 can fire rounds weighing about 100 pounds onto targets more than 18 miles away.