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Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, rush injured Marines on litters to an MV-22B Osprey during a mass casualty training exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 14. A mass casualty is defined as any number of casualties produced in a relatively short period of time that overwhelms the emergency medical services and logistical support. This training is part of the 26th MEU?s pre-deployment training program. CLB-26 is one of the three reinforcements of 26th MEU, which is slated to deploy in 2013. - Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, rush injured Marines on litters to an MV-22B Osprey during a mass casualty training exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 14. A mass casualty is defined as any number of casualties produced in a relatively short period of time that overwhelms the emergency medical services and logistical support. This training is part of the 26th MEU?s pre-deployment training program. CLB-26 is one of the three reinforcements of 26th MEU, which is slated to deploy in 2013.

Staff Sgt. Alec Haralovich displays his Silver Star Medal, the nation?s third highest award for combat valor. After Haralovich was shot twice in his body armor by an insurgent, he destroyed an enemy stronghold with a rocket and led his Marines on a two-hour assault after their ambushers during an Afghanistan deployment in 2011. Haralovich is a reconnaissance Marine assigned to E Company, 4th Reconnaissance Bn., 4th Marine Division. - Staff Sgt. Alec Haralovich displays his Silver Star Medal, the nation?s third highest award for combat valor. After Haralovich was shot twice in his body armor by an insurgent, he destroyed an enemy stronghold with a rocket and led his Marines on a two-hour assault after their ambushers during an Afghanistan deployment in 2011. Haralovich is a reconnaissance Marine assigned to E Company, 4th Reconnaissance Bn., 4th Marine Division.

Pfc. Christopher J. Frigon prepares to give a high-five to a child from the Tai Chu En orphanage::r::::n::during a community relations event at Camp Kinser July 16. Every year, there are many community::r::::n::relations events on Okinawa, and throughout the Asia-Pacific region during exercises, according::r::::n::to Kaori Martinez, community relations officer with G-7, government and external affairs office,::r::::n::Marine Corps Installations Pacific. Frigon is data network specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment::r::::n::35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Pfc. Christopher J. Frigon prepares to give a high-five to a child from the Tai Chu En orphanage::r::::n::during a community relations event at Camp Kinser July 16. Every year, there are many community::r::::n::relations events on Okinawa, and throughout the Asia-Pacific region during exercises, according::r::::n::to Kaori Martinez, community relations officer with G-7, government and external affairs office,::r::::n::Marine Corps Installations Pacific. Frigon is data network specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment::r::::n::35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Master Sgt. James Clark, a Louisville, Ky., native and maintenance chief for Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, re-enlists in the Marine Corps Sept. 11, on the flight deck of the USS Gunston Hall in the Arabian Gulf. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima ARG as a theater reserve force for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Master Sgt. James Clark, a Louisville, Ky., native and maintenance chief for Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, re-enlists in the Marine Corps Sept. 11, on the flight deck of the USS Gunston Hall in the Arabian Gulf. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima ARG as a theater reserve force for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Four MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 follow a KC-130J with Detachment A, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, from Helmand province, Afghanistan, to the USS Iwo Jima in the Arabian Sea, Sept. 6, 2012. The KC-130J provided an escort for the Ospreys to the ship as a contingency. - Four MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 follow a KC-130J with Detachment A, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, from Helmand province, Afghanistan, to the USS Iwo Jima in the Arabian Sea, Sept. 6, 2012. The KC-130J provided an escort for the Ospreys to the ship as a contingency.

Second Lt. John Muhammad, explosive ordnance disposal officer with the 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps of the Afghan National Army, has been serving his country for the last two years. ?We want to finish the fighting and finish the war,? Muhammad said. ?We want our country to move in a positive direction and begin to prosper.? - Second Lt. John Muhammad, explosive ordnance disposal officer with the 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps of the Afghan National Army, has been serving his country for the last two years. ?We want to finish the fighting and finish the war,? Muhammad said. ?We want our country to move in a positive direction and begin to prosper.?

Soldiers with the Afghan National Army carry a simulated casualty on a stretcher and place him in an ambulance as part of a mass casualty simulation held, Sept. 9, 2012. During the mass casualty simulation, members of the Afghan National Army were given a list of symptoms and wounds. ANA medics then had to determine the proper way to treat them and who needed to be treated first depending on their wounds. - Soldiers with the Afghan National Army carry a simulated casualty on a stretcher and place him in an ambulance as part of a mass casualty simulation held, Sept. 9, 2012. During the mass casualty simulation, members of the Afghan National Army were given a list of symptoms and wounds. ANA medics then had to determine the proper way to treat them and who needed to be treated first depending on their wounds.