Navy/Marine Flag Officer take part in USMC Raid Leaders Course put on by 1st Battalion 4th Marines. Photos by Gunnery Sgt. Robert B. Brown Jr.

Note:  Yeah.  This is pure propaganda.  But it does my heart good!  Well done flag bubbas!  Feels good to get that fat ass out the office and run the range with the troops huh?  Kinda reminds you of why you're a sailor or Marine and what its really all about huh?  Just fuckin' with ya (sorta)...good job!

Rear Adm. Daniel H. Fillion, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 3, provides rear security on a building with U.S. Marines from BLT 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, during a raid exercise for the raid leaders course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Apr. 19, 2016. Marines with 1/4 are the Battalion Landing Team with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, conduct a raid exercise during a raid leaders course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Apr. 19, 2016. Improving proficiency in individual skills reinforces the MEU’s ability to conduct amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations.

Rear Adm. Russell Allen, deputy commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, conducts raid rehearsals with U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines during a raid leaders course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Apr. 19, 2016. Improving proficiency in individual skills reinforces the MEU’s ability to conduct amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations.

Brig. Gen. David W. Coffman, deputy commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force posts security on a building with U.S. Marines from BLT 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, during a raid exercise for the raid leaders course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Apr. 19, 2016. The course teaches basic shooting, breaching, raids, medical classes and military operations in urban terrain.