Lance Cpl. Joel Puertorodriguez, a Houston native with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, fires his M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun at fixed targets down Combat Center?s Range 400, as his assistant gunner, Lance Cpl. P. A. Passow, a Laramie, Wyo., native, prepares the next can of ammunition for the gun July 29. - Lance Cpl. Joel Puertorodriguez, a Houston native with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, fires his M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun at fixed targets down Combat Center?s Range 400, as his assistant gunner, Lance Cpl. P. A. Passow, a Laramie, Wyo., native, prepares the next can of ammunition for the gun July 29.

Wyatt L. Waldron, a former corporal with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, receives a Silver Star Medal in a company formation aboard the Combat Center?s Camp Wilson July 27. - Wyatt L. Waldron, a former corporal with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, receives a Silver Star Medal in a company formation aboard the Combat Center?s Camp Wilson July 27.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jed Byrd takes part in an amphibious assault at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, after riding a landing craft air cushion from the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 9) in support of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) July 22, 2006. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. Byrd is attached to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jennifer A. Villalovos) (Released) - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jed Byrd takes part in an amphibious assault at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, after riding a landing craft air cushion from the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 9) in support of exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) July 22, 2006. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. Byrd is attached to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jennifer A. Villalovos) (Released)

Brig. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, MAGTFTC Commanding General, and Sgt. Maj. William Johnson, MAGTFTC Sergeant Major, uncase the colors at a Colors Designation ceremony at Range 215, July 9. - Brig. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, MAGTFTC Commanding General, and Sgt. Maj. William Johnson, MAGTFTC Sergeant Major, uncase the colors at a Colors Designation ceremony at Range 215, July 9.