Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, patrol through the construction site during Operation Golden Gate in Sangin, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2012. Golf Co. is tasked with providing security for the entire construction site along the Helmand River for the duration of the construction project. - Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, patrol through the construction site during Operation Golden Gate in Sangin, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2012. Golf Co. is tasked with providing security for the entire construction site along the Helmand River for the duration of the construction project.

Lance Cpl. Adam Henderson, a 19-year-old native of Clark, S.D., and the chaplain's assistant with Regimental Combat Team 7, is serving in a senior noncommissioned officer's job during a yearlong deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. "He's really good at organization and computers,"said Cmdr. Michael Williams, the chaplain with RCT-7. "The other thing that makes him really good is his heart. He understands there are people who need to be cared for, and he translates that into how he interacts with people." - Lance Cpl. Adam Henderson, a 19-year-old native of Clark, S.D., and the chaplain's assistant with Regimental Combat Team 7, is serving in a senior noncommissioned officer's job during a yearlong deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. "He's really good at organization and computers,"said Cmdr. Michael Williams, the chaplain with RCT-7. "The other thing that makes him really good is his heart. He understands there are people who need to be cared for, and he translates that into how he interacts with people."

A Bangalore torpedo explodes, January 10 at Engineer Training Area 3. Marines used a manufactured Bangalore torpedo while learning the basics to preparing explosives and placing them. After reviewing the basics they moved on to expedient explosives, and then urban breaching. The main focus for Marines after getting down all the basics was learning how to use what’s around them for explosive charges, said Cpl. Rollie Lemons, of Austin, Texas, sapper instructor with 2nd CEB. - A Bangalore torpedo explodes, January 10 at Engineer Training Area 3. Marines used a manufactured Bangalore torpedo while learning the basics to preparing explosives and placing them. After reviewing the basics they moved on to expedient explosives, and then urban breaching. The main focus for Marines after getting down all the basics was learning how to use what’s around them for explosive charges, said Cpl. Rollie Lemons, of Austin, Texas, sapper instructor with 2nd CEB.

Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer, the first female Marine general, passed away Jan. 2, at the age of 82. A 10 a.m. funeral Mass will be offered Jan. 14 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Va., where Brewer was a parishioner. Interment will follow at Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington. - Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer, the first female Marine general, passed away Jan. 2, at the age of 82. A 10 a.m. funeral Mass will be offered Jan. 14 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Va., where Brewer was a parishioner. Interment will follow at Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington.