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Lance Cpl. Martin Williams, an automatic rifleman with 1st Platoon, Company B, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon during high-angle marksmanship training as part of a three-week training package in Djibouti, Sep. 15. The training was focused on the application of infantry skills in rugged mountain terrain. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Lance Cpl. Martin Williams, an automatic rifleman with 1st Platoon, Company B, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon during high-angle marksmanship training as part of a three-week training package in Djibouti, Sep. 15. The training was focused on the application of infantry skills in rugged mountain terrain. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Steven Haley (center), a motor transport operator with Transportation Service Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, and a 21 year old from Kennewick, Wash., listens to his supervisor, Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Flack, explain their team?s role as an opposing insurgent force while employing Marine Corps Base Hawaii?s new Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer, Sept. 18, 2012. The interactive trainer, a series of four trailers decked out with a plethora of high-definition TVs and intricately crafted visual displays, provides Marines a practical, step-by-step education on one of the most significant threats currently facing troops on the ground ? the deadly improvised explosive device. The MCIT helps Marines recognize IEDs and production materials, understand the insurgent mindset and tactical use of IEDs, and how to mitigate their effectiveness and respond to IED events. - U.S. Marine Cpl. Steven Haley (center), a motor transport operator with Transportation Service Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, and a 21 year old from Kennewick, Wash., listens to his supervisor, Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Flack, explain their team?s role as an opposing insurgent force while employing Marine Corps Base Hawaii?s new Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer, Sept. 18, 2012. The interactive trainer, a series of four trailers decked out with a plethora of high-definition TVs and intricately crafted visual displays, provides Marines a practical, step-by-step education on one of the most significant threats currently facing troops on the ground ? the deadly improvised explosive device. The MCIT helps Marines recognize IEDs and production materials, understand the insurgent mindset and tactical use of IEDs, and how to mitigate their effectiveness and respond to IED events.

Lucious Bryant, an 87-year-old native of Carlsbad, Calif., sits in his chair before being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, here, Sept. 14, 2012. Bryant served with the Marine Corps during the 1940s, a time period when African American recruits were trained separately from their Caucasian brothers in green. - Lucious Bryant, an 87-year-old native of Carlsbad, Calif., sits in his chair before being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, here, Sept. 14, 2012. Bryant served with the Marine Corps during the 1940s, a time period when African American recruits were trained separately from their Caucasian brothers in green.

Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Hardin, an independent duty corpsman serving with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, reunites with his family after returning home Sept. 17, 2012, from a deployment to Afghanistan. Hardin, an Escondido, Calif., native, treated Marines at the battalion aid station, a medical component within 2nd Bn., 5th Marines? Headquarters and Service Company. More than 1,100 Marines and sailors serving with the battalion returned from a seven-month deployment to northern Helmand province, Afghanistan. - Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Hardin, an independent duty corpsman serving with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, reunites with his family after returning home Sept. 17, 2012, from a deployment to Afghanistan. Hardin, an Escondido, Calif., native, treated Marines at the battalion aid station, a medical component within 2nd Bn., 5th Marines? Headquarters and Service Company. More than 1,100 Marines and sailors serving with the battalion returned from a seven-month deployment to northern Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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.