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The nation observes September as suicide prevention month. For those in the armed forces, it’s a time to raise awareness and remember the service members lost to suicide. There have been 30 suicides in the Marine Corps so far this year, putting the service on track to match last year’s 48 suicides the highest since the Pentagon started filing suicide reports in 2008.(U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Daniel A. Wetzel) - The nation observes September as suicide prevention month. For those in the armed forces, it’s a time to raise awareness and remember the service members lost to suicide. There have been 30 suicides in the Marine Corps so far this year, putting the service on track to match last year’s 48 suicides the highest since the Pentagon started filing suicide reports in 2008.(U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Daniel A. Wetzel)

Cpl. Jerry H. Robinson, a search and rescue Marine with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, walks through a simulated disaster area searching for role-playing victims during Exercise Scarlet Response in Guardian Center, Ga., Aug. 17. The Marines responded to a simulated nuclear blast, which stopped traffic and contaminated the town during a 48-hour exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Dylan Bowyer/Released) - Cpl. Jerry H. Robinson, a search and rescue Marine with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, walks through a simulated disaster area searching for role-playing victims during Exercise Scarlet Response in Guardian Center, Ga., Aug. 17. The Marines responded to a simulated nuclear blast, which stopped traffic and contaminated the town during a 48-hour exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Dylan Bowyer/Released)

Private First Class James E. Riley, a landing support specialist with Transportation Support Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, watches his fellow Marine prepare a grounding rod during helicopter support team training aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 25, 2013. The team of 10 practiced aerial lifts well into the night, lifting a cargo net filled with more than 700 pounds of oversized tires to help keep their skills sharp. - Private First Class James E. Riley, a landing support specialist with Transportation Support Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, watches his fellow Marine prepare a grounding rod during helicopter support team training aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 25, 2013. The team of 10 practiced aerial lifts well into the night, lifting a cargo net filled with more than 700 pounds of oversized tires to help keep their skills sharp.

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.

Lance Cpl. Elmo Hernandez, a bulk fuel specialist with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and a fellow Marine engage a target during movement-to-contact training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 25. During the training, 26 Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 8th ESB maneuvered around team building obstacles to complete a course of 16 targets. - Lance Cpl. Elmo Hernandez, a bulk fuel specialist with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and a fellow Marine engage a target during movement-to-contact training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 25. During the training, 26 Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 8th ESB maneuvered around team building obstacles to complete a course of 16 targets.

Marines and sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion 26, currently reinforcing the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, attend to a simulated casualty during a non-combatant evacuation operation at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 20. CLB-26 is one of the three reinforcements of 26th MEU, which is slated to deploy in 2013. - Marines and sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion 26, currently reinforcing the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, attend to a simulated casualty during a non-combatant evacuation operation at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 20. CLB-26 is one of the three reinforcements of 26th MEU, which is slated to deploy in 2013.

U.S. Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, participate in a Key Leader Engagement lane during Enhanced Mohave Viper Range 220, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. July 19, 2011. The training was in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. - U.S. Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, participate in a Key Leader Engagement lane during Enhanced Mohave Viper Range 220, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. July 19, 2011. The training was in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

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.

Service members with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, flip a tire during the endurance course at Battle Skills Training School aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 14. The participants were forced to use teamwork to get the tire from one location to another before moving on to the next obstacle. - Service members with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, flip a tire during the endurance course at Battle Skills Training School aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 14. The participants were forced to use teamwork to get the tire from one location to another before moving on to the next obstacle.