Range 400

What you're looking at is a picture of Range 400 in 29 Palms, California. This range is designed to be a culminating event for a company-sized element.

If you look closely at the bottom of the picture, you'll see Charlie Company moving through the draw towards the objective. The smoke is where the impacts of indirect fire (mortars) are landing as the Marines close with the enemy.

This range is EXTREMELY intense with mortars landing, overhead machine gun fire, and explosives breaches going off. Hopefully, you get some feeling of this through the photo.

Actors

Lt Samuel poses with some of the actors and actresses of the Urban Warrior Training Package of Mojave Viper.

Watch

Lt Jarosz and SSgt Hester stand their posts in the Command Operations Center (COC) on our firmbase.

Coffee

1stSgt Hannon fixes himself a cup of coffee in the 30-degree weather we were facing.

Ammo Breakout

Members of the Third Platoon Wolfpack break out ammo before a live-fire range.

Chow

LCpl Partin, Cpl Petterson, Cpl Martinez, Cpl Nelson, Sgt Cardenas, and Cpl Cantu eat chow after a long day's work. (Cpl Petterson gives his textbook "W" the Wolfpack)

Classes

Cpl Waller gives a class to members of his platoon at Mojave Viper, Twentynine Palms. Behind him, you'll see the huts that the Marines slept in when they weren't out in the field.

Cpl Johnson

Cpl Johnson smiles at the camera while he should be providing security for the Company Commander standing behind him. Capt Middleton calls battalion before starting a raid.

Raid

Set in an overwatch position for conduct of the raid.

LCpl Michaelson

LCpl Michaelson goes to work inside a building.

Raid

The Marines stack outside of a building before they conduct the crack-of-dawn raid.

LCpl Shear

Up on the Cal 50 Machine Gun. Sgt Orsen sits in the driver's seat ready to move the gun into a better position.

Sgt Wishnia

Sgt Wishinia posts security on the corner of the building as his squad moves past his position.

Perfecting Room Entries

Tank/Grunts

Fourth Platoon Grunts.

AAV

From the back of an Amtrak...

More Tank Integration

Fourth Platoon patrols with tanks.

Tank Integration

The Marines of Fourth Platoon patrol the outskirts of the town with an M1A1 Abrams Tank. Not a bad asset to be walking next to.

CPC Order

Lt Samuel gives the Marines of Fourth Platoon a Combat Order before they execute their Convoy Patrol Course. The course is designed to prepare your Marines for a miriad of combat situations, to include reaction to IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), small arms fire, and indirect fire attacks.

Back Home to Pendleton

Charlie Company just returned home from training in 29 Palms. I will continue to post photos that haven't made it up from previous training. When I receive recent photos from the platoons, they will immediately make the page.

Clearing All the Houses

SSgt Vaughn

Doing his thing inside one of the houses.

Practicing our MEDEVACs

Sgt Ross

Posts some security for Headquarters Platoon.

Sgt Martinez

Taking some cover.

In the City

Eyes on the Objective

Charlie Company Marines focus on the objective.

Almost Finished

Charlie Company is almost finished with its deployment to Mojave Viper, 29 Palms. We'll be headed back to Camp Pendleton early next week. The training has been great, but the Marines are exhausted from the extremely fast pace.



I apologize for how poorly this site has been updated. As soon as I get some pictures to be posted, they'll be up on here. When we are deployed, I will update this site as much as possible to keep you all in the loop.



Thank you for your patience and support. Semper Fidelis.