For years we at TFB have been running the Photo Of The Day. It’s not a competition, it’s all about finding and sharing excellent pictures and giving the photographer credit for their work. The photo above is one of the best I’ve seen in a while, from the Exercise Garnet Rattler: Urban Complex Assault via Aerial Insertion.
We see U.S. Marine Corps machine gunners with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division preparing for an urban assault at Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho. The Garnet Rattler is a joint training event between Marines, Soldiers and Airmen to train and qualify JTACs to be more efficient and lethal in a realistic training environment.
Below: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Bambinogeddes, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, pauses before conducting suppressive fire during an urban assault at Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho.
U.S. Marine Corps machine gunners with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division prepare for an urban assault at Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho during Exercise Garnet Rattler April 21, 2022.
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthog” from the 190th Fighter Squadron, 12th Fighter Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, conducts a show of force over Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho.
Photos and captions: U.S. Marine Corps, Sgt. Dana Beesley