War Pigs On the Cover and Autograph Copy of New Dawn

Richard S. Lowery's New Dawn is due out next month but order now and you can get your autographed copy and no shipping charges in the USA. Lowery's website here.

Camp Leatherneck-National Geographic Channel

I missed the Saturday viewing, however, Camp Leatherneck replays Sunday at 2 p.m. More to the POINT--I did catch a minutes worth of viewing, at work, and there was Delta and the War Pigs flying down the desert flats. I noted the time...toward the end of the hour--so check it out...maybe you will see someone you heart. Sorry, I did not see enough to confirm the year NGO was at Camp Leatherneck or anything else. But the sight of the War Pigs in full battle gear was, in itself, nothing less than awesome.

LAR War Pigs on Howard AFB

USMC photo SGT Cedric Rudisill- HOWARD AIR FORCE BASE 05/12/1989

Cernica Convoy of War Pigs

LAR convoy of U.S. Marines, on War Pigs aka light armored vehicles (LAV-25s) and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, arrive, 06/17/1999, at the future sight of Forward Operating Base, Camp Montith near Cernica, Kosovo.

USMC photo LCPL Michael Schellenbach

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On 08/16/1990, Marines relax on the turret of a"War Pig" AKA LAV-25 light armored vehicle while waiting to embark aboard a Navy ship. Elements of the 2nd Marine Division are leaving Morehead City to participate in Operation Desert Shield. USMC photo Gunnery Sgt. R. L. Jaggard

A Gathering of War Pigs-1991 Operation Desert Storm

LAR Marines relax on their LAV-25 Light Assault Vehicles at the conclusion of Operation Desert Storm. 02/27/1991
USMC Photo Lance Cpl. Price

LAR War Pigs in Operation Khanjar (Sword Strike)

Raw video footage of LAR War Pigs operating south of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in operation Operation Khanjar (Sword Strike).

War Pigs at Udairi Range, Kuwait

LAR, 26th MEU, live fire range 05/02/07 (2LAR?)
USMC Photo Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu

4th LAR

4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Mojave Viper 09/11/09
Photo CWO2 Keith A. Stevenson

Today's War Pig Pixs Two LAR

Two LAR Crewman-no ID included in picture. Photog's Take Note: Generic Unit ID means the Individual Marine is OFF the internet radar.

Today's Mother Lode of War Pig pixs is the result of a disturbance in the force field. This is the only explanation I can come up with to explain how I finally found the September Mojave Viper War Pig Gathering. I knew these September Viper pictures of the war pigs at 29 stumps were there but all the search engine would cough up was lots of LAR football shots. That's it. Frustrating. I tried running it by name of the photographer. Nada. The unit name. Nope. The name of etc..blah blah. Nyet. Nothing. No matter what combination I fed the search engine--no dice. Today, I was over at Bill Roggio, The Long War. He has a pix I was interested in of Alpha Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion. I fed "2nd Reconnaissance Battalion" term to the cranky old DOD search engine thingie and instead of Recon Marines guess what should fall out but lots and lots of war pigs! Why? Who knows. Go Figure. HEH! Oh yead. All Search engines are notoriously stupido. All USMC pixs credit CWO 2 Keith A. Stevenson
Lance Cpl. Angelo Frenandez, light armored vehicle crewman 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Photo CWO2 Keith A. Stevenson

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Pfc. Justin Lindemann, infantry scout, 2nd Platoon, Alpha Two LAR 09/09/09.

Photo CWO2 Keith A. Stevenson

Gratuitous Three War Pigs In Sunset Photo

Three War Pigs and Sunset photo op. Photo Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps