An F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., sits on the runway waiting for take off clearence for a local training mission over the Emerald Coast Sept. 18, 2012 while an Air Force F-15 Eagles prepares to land. - An F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter from the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., sits on the runway waiting for take off clearence for a local training mission over the Emerald Coast Sept. 18, 2012 while an Air Force F-15 Eagles prepares to land.

U.S. Marines with Detachment Martillo load a UH-1N "Huey" helicopter on an Air Force C-5 "Galaxy" at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City Oct. 12, en route back to the United States. The task-organized detachment partnered with Guatemala authorities to disrupt illicit trafficking in the country’s coastal waters. With four Huey’s, Detachment Martillo flew over 250 detection and monitoring missions in support of Guatemalan law enforcement agencies and naval forces during the roughly two-month deployment. "We saw an immediate impact in trafficking patterns along established routes after we started flying our helos," said Col. Rob Rauenhorst, the Detachment Martillo officer-in-charge. - U.S. Marines with Detachment Martillo load a UH-1N "Huey" helicopter on an Air Force C-5 "Galaxy" at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City Oct. 12, en route back to the United States. The task-organized detachment partnered with Guatemala authorities to disrupt illicit trafficking in the country’s coastal waters. With four Huey’s, Detachment Martillo flew over 250 detection and monitoring missions in support of Guatemalan law enforcement agencies and naval forces during the roughly two-month deployment. "We saw an immediate impact in trafficking patterns along established routes after we started flying our helos," said Col. Rob Rauenhorst, the Detachment Martillo officer-in-charge.

Maj. Frank Moore, diversity officer at the Marine Corps Recruiting Command, speaks with staff and faculty at the University of Houston during a Marine Corps Leadership Seminar Sept. 21. - Maj. Frank Moore, diversity officer at the Marine Corps Recruiting Command, speaks with staff and faculty at the University of Houston during a Marine Corps Leadership Seminar Sept. 21.

A construction worker guides hooks into place on a 335,000 pound box truss during the construction of Hangar 7 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 3. Hangar 7, an addition to Hangar 4, taxi ways and aircraft parking areas are under construction to accommodate future MV-22B Osprey squadrons . - A construction worker guides hooks into place on a 335,000 pound box truss during the construction of Hangar 7 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 3. Hangar 7, an addition to Hangar 4, taxi ways and aircraft parking areas are under construction to accommodate future MV-22B Osprey squadrons .

Colonel Michael Scalise, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, addresses the audience during the 23rd Annual Community Military Mixer at the Sandy Basin Community Center, Sept. 26. The military mixer provided new residents and employees the chance to socialize, network and relax in a friendly environment, while familiar faces strengthened their ties among service members and the High Desert community at large. - Colonel Michael Scalise, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, addresses the audience during the 23rd Annual Community Military Mixer at the Sandy Basin Community Center, Sept. 26. The military mixer provided new residents and employees the chance to socialize, network and relax in a friendly environment, while familiar faces strengthened their ties among service members and the High Desert community at large.

Corporal Elaine C. Romain, assessment consequence management team member, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Platoon, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives a class to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th MEU, on some of the different tools CBRN Marines use to operate in contaminated environments, aboard the USS Peleliu, Oct. 4. The 15th MEU?s CBRN Defense Platoon is spending an entire month preparing the 2,400 servicemembers that make up the MEU on how to properly operate in contaminated environments. The 15th MEU is currently embarked as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, while they serve as the nation's rapid-response sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force for Western Pacific Deployment 12-02. Romain, 21, is from New Orleans. - Corporal Elaine C. Romain, assessment consequence management team member, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Platoon, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives a class to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th MEU, on some of the different tools CBRN Marines use to operate in contaminated environments, aboard the USS Peleliu, Oct. 4. The 15th MEU?s CBRN Defense Platoon is spending an entire month preparing the 2,400 servicemembers that make up the MEU on how to properly operate in contaminated environments. The 15th MEU is currently embarked as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, while they serve as the nation's rapid-response sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force for Western Pacific Deployment 12-02. Romain, 21, is from New Orleans.