Our Photo Of The Day can be chosen for a variety of reasons. It may be because of its aesthetic qualities, its newsworthiness, its emotional impact, or its technical excellence. Above you see a U.S. Marine, a rifleman with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, as he fires his M4A1 carbine at a notional enemy. This happened during a small boat raid course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, in 2023.

Below: U.S. Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, assault a simulated hostile forward operating base during a small boat raid course.

The EOTG small boat raid course enhances Marines’ tactics, techniques, and procedures in expeditious amphibious raid operations in preparation for future deployments.

Below: A U.S. Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducts a hasty exfiltration.

Source: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Velasco