united states marines, engineer specialists - part of the 31st marine expeditionary unit (31meu), move along a road to clear an improvised obstacle blocking their advance. (defence.gov.au)


united states marines, sergeant joseph bovia, directs corporal kaleey brown to sweep an area of road around a simulated mine. (defence.gov.au)


united states marine corporal kaleey brown, instructs one of his marines on where the improvised mine is and what to do when he finds it. (defence.gov.au)


earth probing: a united states marine carefully prods into the soil where the improvised mine lays in the middle of a dirt track. (defence.gov.au)


taking aim over the sights of an m249 squad automatic weapon, united states marine corps (usmc) lance corporal (lcpl) christopher olsen, 22 from morrisonville, wisconsin, with lima company, 3/5 3rd platoon - is part of the 31st marine expeditionary unit (31meu). lcpl olsen provides fire support as usmc combat engineer platoon moves to disable an improvised mine. (defence.gov.au)


members of the united states marine corps combat engineer platoon - squad sergeant joseph bovia (right), directs corporal kaleey brown (left), to sweep the target area of interest with his mine dection gear. platoon sergeant angel fueintes (center), listens in as orders are given. (defence.gov.au)


united states marine corps corporal (cpl) chuck haberman, 25 from greenfield, indiana is a combat engineer with the 31st marine expeditionary unit. cpl haberman moves along the road from freshwater beach to the improvised mine area. (defence.gov.au)


(left to right) corporal michael correia, 28 and lance corporal scott salbas 20 - both from the united states marine corps, swap their meals with private (pte) ross armstrong and pte max munday from 1st battalion of the royal australian regiment (1rar). the united states marine corps meals ready to eat (mre's), offer different flavours compared to australian combat ration packs (crps). (defence.gov.au)