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Marines


Winter Break 18

This page archives news and photos from Winter Break operations in 2017-18. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement.

About

The mission of WINTER BREAK 18 is to validate cold weather readiness standards and cold weather resource requirements.

 

 

VIDEOS

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Photo Gallery

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Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lucas Sheehan, a counter intelligence and human intelligence officer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command breaks the seal of an M50 gas mask with his fingers during gas chamber training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 16, 2020. Training for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense defense is an event in which Marines and Sailors are exposed to CS gas in order to familiarize themselves with the use of a gas mask. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF-SC are conducting a variety of pre-deployment training events and qualifications in order to enhance crisis response preparedness in and around Latin America and the Caribbean. These events assist the Marines and Sailors with providing security cooperation training and engineering projects alongside partner nation military forces in Central and South America. Sheehan is a native of Murrysville, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)

Articles

Hometown Heroes of Winter Break 2018
Cpl. Michael Collins is a Grimesland, North Carolina, native and an M88A2 Recovery Vehicle rigger with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division....

Hometown Heroes of Winter Break 2018
Sgt. Trenton Hammonds is a Red Springs, North Carolina native and Reserve Marine with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division. A natural leader, Hammonds is mentoring junior Marines during...

Hometown Heroes of Winter Break 2018
HM2 Corey Parker is an Augusta, Georgia native and Navy corpsman stationed with a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. ...