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A pilot from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment pilots his helicopter over the Kansas City Speedway. The 160th will take part in a aerial demonstration before the NASCAR race on Sept. 25. (USASOC photo)


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Col. Michael J. Warmack, commander, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (A), applauds as the awardees stand for their ovation, Staff Sgt. Carlo Alcazar, recipient of the Bronze Star with Valor device; Cpt, Stephen Ward, recipient of the Bronze Star with Valor device and Sgt. 1st Class Drew Kimmey recipient of the Silver Star. All three are members of Civil Affairs Team 745, 97th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) and received these awards for their valorous actions on the field of battle in Afghanistan in November 2007; they were recognized for their actions at a ceremony in the John F. Kennedy auditorium on Fort Bragg, September 25, 2008. Photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Schult, PAO NCOIC, 3rd SFG(A)


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Deron Cherry (middle), former all-pro Kansas City Chiefs free safety, speaks with two Soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) during an aerial infiltration demonstration rehearsal at Kansas Speedway Sept. 25. Cherry will participate in the demonstration by driving the official pace car for the NASCAR Camping World RV 400 race off of an MH-47 Chinook flown by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). (Photo by Cherish Washington, USASOC PAO)


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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Travis Oswald prepares for a patrol on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 24, 2008. The airmen are assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Security Force, Immediate Reaction Force. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon


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A U.S. soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, shakes hands with a young Iraqi girl during a market assessment at Cherry Market in Al Karama, Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 17, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise


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U.S. Army soldiers wait for their ride to transport them to clearing barrels in Forward Operating Base Justice, Iraq, Sept. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company D, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez

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A member Quantico’s Special Reaction Team holds a terrorist role player at bay in a joint exercise with other law enforcement agencies and Virginia Railway Express in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, September 19.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Travis J. Crewdson)


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Members of Quantico’s Special Reaction Team enter a Virginia Railway Express train car looking for terrorist role players in a joint exercise with other law enforcement agencies and VRE in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, Sept. 19.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Travis J. Crewdson)


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A member of Quantico’s Special Reaction Team clears the top deck of a double-deck Virginia Railway Express train car looking for terrorist role players in a joint exercise with other law enforcement agencies and VRE in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, Sept. 19.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Travis J. Crewdson)


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Members of Quantico’s Special Reaction Team work their way through a Virginia Railway Express train car looking for terrorist role players in a joint exercise with other law enforcement agencies and VRE in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, Sept. 19.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Travis J. Crewdson)


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A member of Quantico’s Special Reaction Team takes a terrorist role player into custody on a Virginia Railway Express train car during a joint exercise with other law enforcement agencies and VRE in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, Sept. 19.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Travis J. Crewdson)


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Marines with Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, stand in a school circle around one of the civilian contractors as he briefs them on their mission for the day’s training. 3rd LAR recently received Improved Thermal Sight Systems and Electric Drive Turrets in their light armored vehicles.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Cifuentes)


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Marines with Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion collect their 25 mm rounds before heading out to the firing line. 3rd LAR recently received Improved thermal Sight Systems and Electric Drive Turrets in their light armored vehicles.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Nerl)


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An LAV from 3rd LAR on the firing line utilizes its new sites while zeroing in on a target. 3rd LAR recently received Improved Thermal Sight Systems and Electric Drive Turrets in their light armored vehicles.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Cifuentes)


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Marines with 3rd LAR await their chance to shoot on the firing line and test out their new sights and turret. 3rd LAR recently received Improved Thermal Sight Systems and Electric Drive Turrets in their light armored vehicles.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Cifuentes)


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1st Lt. Adam Felde, the Weapons Platoon commander with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines prior to entering a mock Afghan town for a patrolling mission as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at Range 215 Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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1st Lt. Adam Felde, the Weapons Platoon commander with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, uses his Afghani interpreter to speak with an Afghan National Policeman of a mock Afghani town during patrol as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at Range 200 Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Weapons Platoon Marines from Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, return fire from Taliban role during their patrol of a mock Afghan town at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, along with an Afghan National Army solider-role player and an interpreter search a mock Afghan town for a Taliban combatant during a patrol at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment treat casualties from at mock explosion during a first responder drill in a mock Afghan town at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment treat casualties from at mock explosion during a first responder drill in a mock Afghan town at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment treat casualties from at mock explosion during a first responder drill in a mock Afghan town at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment treat casualties from at mock explosion during a first responder drill in a mock Afghan town at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Seaman Tahlon Johnson, a hospital corpsman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, relays information for a casualty evacuation during a first responder drill in a mock Afghan town at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment treat casualties from at mock explosion during a first responder drill in a mock Afghan town at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Seaman Tahlon Johnson, a hospital corpsman with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, patrols with the rest of his platoon back to the company’s Forward Operating Base just outside a mock Afghan town at Range 215 as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at the Combat Center Sept. 20.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)

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Sergeant Aaron B, a reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Deep Reconnaissance Platoon conducts precision shooting drills to maintain proficiency while aboard the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) Sept. 25. The 31st MEU and the Sailors of Essex Amphibious Ready Group are working together off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, after recently embarking on their fall deployment.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Wicks)


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Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Deep Reconnaissance Platoon conduct precision shooting drills to maintain proficiency while aboard the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) Sept. 25. The 31st MEU and the Sailors of the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group are working together off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, after recently embarking on their fall deployment.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Wicks)


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September 25, 2008 Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to shoot M4 carbine assault rifle during a small arms shoot on the flight deck of the forward deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is the only permanently forward deployed MEU, maintaining a presence in the Pacific Ocean at all times as part of III Marine Expeditionary Force. Manned by more than 2,200 personnel, The MEU is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo, Japan.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Taurean Alexander)


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(September 25, 2008) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) return to the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) operations. During the exercise, 25 Marines successfully conducted the launch and recovery of four CRRC's. It was the 31st MEU's first CRRC exercise since Essex embarked the unit Sept. 20. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan, and is the only permanently forward-deployed MEU, maintaining a presence in the Pacific Ocean at all times as part of III Marine Expeditionary Force. Essex is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed expeditionary strike group and serves as the flagship for CTF 76, the Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious force commander. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with a detachment in Sasebo, Japan.
(U.S. Navy photograph by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Johnson.)


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A reserve Marine from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-5 waits to take off from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, for Camp Korean Village in a CH-53 helicopter Sept. 20. The reserve battalion’s current deployment is their second overseas in support of the Global War on Terror. Their expected tour of duty here is seven months.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Capt. Paul Greenberg)


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A Reserve Marine from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-5 debarks a CH-53 helicopter at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, Sept. 20. The battalion, which is headquartered in Garden City, N.Y., arrived here during September to support RCT-5's security and stability mission in western al-Anbar province.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Capt. Paul Greenberg)


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Lance Cpl. Alex Briere, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, debarks a CH-53 helicopter at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, Sept. 20. The Reserve battalion arrived in Iraq in September to support Regimental Combat Team-5’s security and stability mission in western al-Anbar Province.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Capt. Paul Greenberg)


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Reserve Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-5 patrol the streets in the town of Rutbah, Iraq, Sept. 24. The town is located in western al-Anbar province. The reserve battalion's current deployment is their second overseas in support of the Global War on Terror.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Capt. Paul Greenberg)


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Senior Airman Andrew Young takes a break on a June day in Albu Ghrar, Iraq, after coordinating air surveillance with an F-16 Fighting Falcon. The 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, captured three suspected terrorists while searching for a high-value individual in the village that day. Young, a joint terminal attack controller embedded with the 2-320th, coordinates close air support missions daily to protect Soldiers and Airmen working in and around Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Young, a native of State College, Pa., is deployed to the 1st Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron from Fort Hood, Texas.
(Photographer: 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing)


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Iraqi army police from the Emergency Response Force received a briefing from U.S. Soldiers of 4th Platoon, Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, Stryker Cavalry Regiment about the upcoming mission in Khalis, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2008, to find targets during Operation Kanss Al Shabah.
(Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Angela McLane : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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U.S. Army Sgt. Kevin Shellhous from 4th Platoon, Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, Stryker Cavalry Regiment sends grid coordinates to dismounts in Khalis, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2008, to find targets during Operation Kanss Al Shabah.
(Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Angela McLane : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Murphy, Staff Sgt. Brock Benson and Sgt. Jeremiah Jares from 4th Platoon, Outlaw Troop, 4th Squadron, Stryker Cavalry Regiment check a last minute map reconnaissance for the upcoming mission in Khalis, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2008, during Operation Kanss Al Shabah.
(Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Angela McLane : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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Iraqi police officer Hassan, talks to U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Platoon, Outlaw Troop, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, during a dismounted patrol in Khalis, Diyala province, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2008.
(Photographer: Spc. Ronald Wright : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 4th Platoon, Outlaw Troop, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, conduct security during a dismounted patrol through a village in Diyala province, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2008.
(Photographer: Spc. Ronald Wright : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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U.S. Army Task Force Gold Engineer Lt. Eric Holland shakes hands with an Iraqi child while walking through Muhalla 512 in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sept. 27, 2008.
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Cohen Young : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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Task Force Gold, Charlie Company 404th Civil Affairs Battalion Staff Sgt. Michelle Bouder of Mohnton, Pa., checks the cleanliness of the outer perimeter of the Al Mithaq Pool in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sept. 27, 2008.
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Cohen Young : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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Task Force Gold, Charlie Company 404th Civil Affairs Battalion Staff Sgt. Michelle Bouder(right) of Mohnton, Pa., asks a question to an interpreter about the cleanliness of the Al Mithaq Pool in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sept. 27, 2008.
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Cohen Young : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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Two 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Personal Security Detail Soldiers descend the stairs of a school in Muhalla 511 during a patrol in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sept. 27, 2008.
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Cohen Young : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Personal Security Detail Sgt. Kevin Dodson of Colorado Springs, Colo., gives a "pound" handshake to Iraqi teens during a patrol through Muhalla 511 in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sept. 27, 2008.
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Cohen Young : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)
Again, this is one of those pics that should be on the front page of every paper.......



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3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Personal Security Detail Sgt. Kevin Dodson of Colorado Springs, Colo., leads the way as Spc. Fout is escorted by a young Iraqi boy through Muhalla 511 in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sept. 27, 2008.
(Photographer: Tech Sgt. Cohen Young : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)



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Lance Cpl. Manuel E. Cuello, an armory custodian with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, looks down the barrel of his rifle for obstructions at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 28. Several infantry Marines from the company will perform mission-critical duties including gathering intelligence, maintaining the armory and distributing mail.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman)


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Lance Cpl. Manuel E. Cuello (left) and Cpl. Alberto J. Torres (right), both armory custodians with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, make sure their weapons are in working condition at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 28. Cuello and Torres are both infantry Marines who will serve as armory custodians for the company. The company selected several infantry Marines to serve in mission-critical roles such as armory custodian and intelligence collector.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman)


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Cpl. Drew W. Daddio, 23, a Company Level Intelligence Cell team leader, from Hackettstown, N.J., gives a quick hip pocket class to his fellow Marines in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 28. Several infantry Marines from the company will perform mission-critical duties, including gathering intelligence, maintaining the armory and distributing mail.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman)


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Staff Sgt. Gary D. Patterson, standing right, the platoon sergeant for Weapons Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives a safety brief to Marines of his company Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Patterson, a native of Huntsville, Ala., is participating in off-site training, the first exercise for the BLT during a six-month training cycle. The MEU is preparing for a scheduled six-month deployment this spring.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie)


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Marines from Weapons Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, rush to the firing line with their Shoulder-fired Multipurpose Anti-armor Weapons, or SMAWs, Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Kilo Company trained with practice grenades, trainer variants of the AT-4 light anti-armor weapon, and SMAWs loaded with small-caliber spotting rounds. BLT 3/2 is aboard Fort Pickett for their off-site training, the first in a series of progressively more complex exercises during the 22nd MEU's six-month pre-deployment training cycle. The MEU is preparing for a scheduled six-month deployment this spring.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie)


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Lance Cpl. Travis A. Willis, right, a Marine with Weapons Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires small-caliber spotting rounds from his Shoulder-fired Multipurpose Anti-armor Weapon, or SMAW, as another Marine tracks the rounds Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Willis, a native of Louisville, Ky., is participating in off-site training, the first exercise for the BLT during a six-month training cycle. Kilo Company trained with practice grenades, trainer variants of the AT-4 light anti-armor weapon, and SMAWs. The MEU is preparing for a scheduled six-month deployment this spring.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie)


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Marines with Weapons Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire small-caliber spotting rounds from their Shoulder-fired Multipurpose Anti-armor Weapons, or SMAWs, as other Marines track the rounds Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Kilo Company trained with practice grenades, trainer variants of the AT-4 light anti-armor weapon, and SMAWs. BLT 3/2 is aboard Fort Pickett for their off-site training, the first in a series of progressively more complex exercises during the 22nd MEU's six-month pre-deployment training cycle. The MEU is preparing for a scheduled six-month deployment this spring.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie)


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Pfc. Rodger A. Thomas, a Marine with Weapons Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a training variant of the AT-4 light anti-armor weapon Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Thomas, a native of Byesville, Ohio, is participating in off-site training, the first exercise for the BLT during a six-month training cycle. Kilo Company trained with practice grenades, trainer variants of the AT-4 light anti-armor weapon, and SMAWs. The MEU is preparing for a scheduled six-month deployment this spring.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie)


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A Marine with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, throws a practice grenade into a drain culvert during a grenade reaction course Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Kilo Company trained with practice grenades, trainer variants of the AT-4 light anti-armor weapon, and Shoulder-fired Multipurpose Anti-armor Weapons, or SMAWs, loaded with small-caliber spotting rounds. BLT 3/2 is aboard Fort Pickett for their off-site training, the first in a series of progressively more complex exercises during the 22nd MEU's six-month pre-deployment training cycle. The MEU is preparing for a scheduled six-month deployment this spring.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie)

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Corporal Taylor Sorg (center), a Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, awaits for the call to return to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) Sept. 25, to conduct a Combat Rubber Raider Craft recovery drill. The training was part of Navy and Marine integration training with Essex Expeditionary Strike Group personnel after embarking on their fall deployment.
(Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Spinella)


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Sgt. Jeremy Gooch from Lubbock, Texas, a CH-53D crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, and Cpl. Charles Bickford from Jacksonville, Florida, an airframes mechanic with HMH-363, work together to refuel their CH-53D helicopter on the flight line of Al Asad Air Base in the Anbar province of Iraq on Sept. 26, 2008.
(Photographer: Lance Cpl. Kelly Chase : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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A CH-53D helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 flies over the Anbar province of Iraq on Sept. 25, 2008.
(Photographer: Lance Cpl. Kelly Chase : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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Sgt. Jeffrey Young from Decauter, Indiana, a CH-53D helicopter crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, keeps watch out of the rear of the helicopter while flying over the Anbar province of Iraq on Sept. 25, 2008.
(Photographer: Lance Cpl. Kelly Chase : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)


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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Sept. 21, 2008) – TOW gunners from Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, assemble an M220 Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked Wire-Guided (TOW) missile launcher onto a HMMWV turret here, Sept. 21. The Marines performed a live-fire exercise to hone their skills on the weapon system that they are specialized in their military occupational specialty (MOS).
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris Lyttle) (RELEASED)


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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Sept. 21, 2008) – Lance Cpl. Ian Bradley, a TOW gunner with Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines unpacks an M220 Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked Wire-Guided (TOW) missile here, Sept. 21. Bradley and other junior Marines with the platoon are designated TOW gunners my military occupational specialty. The Marines performed a live-fire exercise in conjunction with medium and heavy machine gun fire to retrain the TOW gunners on the weapon system.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris Lyttle) (RELEASED)


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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Sept. 21, 2008) – Lance Cpl. Jeffery Evans (above), a TOW gunner with Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines prepares to load an M220 Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked Wire-Guided (TOW) missile into a launcher here, Sept. 21. Bradley and other TOW gunners performed a live-fire exercise in conjunction with medium and heavy machine gun fire to hone their skills on the weapon system that they are specialized in their military occupational specialty (MOS).
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris Lyttle) (RELEASED)


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Lance Cpl. Jeffery Evans, a TOW gunner with Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, fires an M220 Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked Wire-Guided missile Sept. 21.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris Lyttle) (RELEASED)


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FALLUJAH, Iraq (Sept. 21, 2008) – Sgt. John Powell (above) feeds rounds to his M240 medium machine gunner before laying heavy suppressive fire down range here, Sept. 21. Marines from Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines participated in an M220 Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked Wire-Guided (TOW) missile firing exercise to retrain the platoon’s designated TOW gunners.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris Lyttle) (RELEASED)


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Army Sgt. Shane M. White, an information systems specialist with 4th Psychological Operations Group, and 1stSgt. Joseph C. Gray, company first sergeant, Team Tank, Regimental Combat Team 1, visit at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 25. Gray is White's father, and the men were seeing each other for the first time in more than a year.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. M. Trent Lowry)


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Army Sgt. Shane M. White, 22, an information systems specialist with 4th Psychological Operations Group, based in Falloujah, Iraq, fires an automatic shotgun on Al Asad Air Base Sept. 26. White was firing with Marines because his father is 1stSgt. Joseph Gray, company first sergeant, Team Tank, Regimental Combat Team 1, and the two were visiting while deployed in Iraq. It was the first time they had seen each other in more than a year.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by 1stSgt. Joseph Gray)


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HELMAND PROVINCE, Forward Operating Base Sangin, Afghanistan – Cpl. Albino Cardenas, a combat cook and Tucson, Ariz., native, assigned to Company E, Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, grills up hot, mouth-watering steaks for the Marines and sailors here, Sept. 4. One of many ways of boosting morale for the service members serving here in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, such cookouts offer the warriors a tasty and nutritious alternative to field rations and Meals Ready to Eat.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman)


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HELMAND PROVINCE, Forward Operating Base Sangin, Afghanistan –Night falls on the Marines and sailors of Company E, Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, as Cpl. Albino Cardenas, a combat cook and Tucson, Ariz., native, continues to serve hot, mouth-watering steaks for the Marines and sailors here, Sept. 4. One of many ways of boosting morale for the service members serving here in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, such cookouts offer the warriors a tasty and nutritious alternative to field rations and Meals Ready to Eat.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve Cushman)

An A-10 Thunderbolt II, like this one, performs sorties daily in Southwest Asia. A-10s employ a wide variety of conventional munitions, including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units and laser guided bombs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.)

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Marines with 2nd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, discuss their mission and objectives at Afghan National Police office in Sara Kowt, a mock Afghan town aboard the Combat Center’s training area, before heading out on a patrol of surrounding villages during a three-day-long final exercise Sept. 23 for a new Afghanistan-specific pre-deployment training evolution, known as Mojave Viper.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Marines from Company L’s 2nd Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, prepare to step out on a patrol of Sara Kowt, a mock Afghan town aboard the Combat Center’s training area, during a three-day-long final exercise Sept. 23 for a new Afghanistan-specific pre-deployment training evolution, known as Mojave Viper.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)


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Marines with 2nd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, speak to the role-playing chief of the Afghan National Police office in Sara Kowt, a mock Afghan town aboard the Combat Center’s training area, before going out on a patrol during a three-day-long final exercise Sept. 23 for a new Afghanistan-specific pre-deployment training evolution, known as Mojave Viper.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett)

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A U.S. Soldier from 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division moves up a stairway as he and others clear a home. His unit was conducting Operation Boar Wild II, a cordon and search mission in Sharwa Um Jidir, eastern Baghdad, Sept. 29, 2008.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brian Lehnhardt : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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U.S. Soldiers from 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division speak to a young Iraqi girl who said she was being forced by her parents to sell illegal gas by herself along a road in Sharwa Um Jidir, eastern Baghdad, Sept. 29, 2008. She was told never to be seen selling again.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brian Lehnhardt : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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Iraqi boys watch as Pfc. Ryan Ellenburger of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division conducts security next to a reed fence in Sharwa Um Jidir, eastern Baghdad, Sept. 29, 2008. Leaders from his unit were speaking to some local citizens at the time.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brian Lehnhardt : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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U.S. Soldiers from 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division pull security inside the courtyard of a home as their unit conducts Operation Boar Wild II, a cordon and search mission in Sharwa Um Jidir, eastern Baghdad, Sept. 29, 2008.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brian Lehnhardt : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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1st Lt. Guillermo Morrison (center), platoon leader of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, a native of Coppers Cover, Texas, speaks to a man outside a home as his unit conducts Operation Boar Wild II, a cordon and search mission in Sharwa Um Jidir, eastern Baghdad, Sept. 29, 2008.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brian Lehnhardt : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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A U.S. Soldier from 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division cautiously walks upstairs to the loft of a home as his unit conducts Operation Boar Wild II, a cordon and search mission in Sharwa Um Jidir, eastern Baghdad, Sept. 29, 2008.
(Photographer: Staff Sgt. Brian Lehnhardt : Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq)

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Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, tend to a Marine's simulated wounds during improvised explosive device convoy training on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, ready their Light Armored Vehicle for the LAV maneuver assault course on Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of BLT 3/2 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Lance Cpl. David Evans, an administrative clerk with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, adjusts his sights after studying his target during the zeroing portion of his combat marksmanship training on Sept. 26, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Evans, a native of Falmouth, Mass., is participating in off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a security halt during Improvised Explosive Device convoy training Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice a supported assault with assistance from a Light Armored Vehicle with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon on the LAV maneuver assault course on Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of BLT 3/2 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Staff Sgt. Christopher Hall, a Light Armored Vehicle commander with Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, sits atop his LAV while waiting to take on the LAV maneuver assault course on Sept. 25, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Hall, a native of Port St. Lucie, Fla., is participating in off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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A vehicle with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, rolls by an explosion from a training improvised explosive device during IED convoy training Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, roll through a live-fire convoy training range on Sept. 29, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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A member of Scout-Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights in on a target with an M40 sniper rifle during a live-fire range exercise on Sept. 26, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of BLT 3/2 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, check underneath their vehicle while conducting a security halt during improvised explosive device convoy training on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB-22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, rush back to assist a notionally wounded comrade after a training improvised explosive device detonation during convoy IED training on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Cpl. Matthew P. Dobbins, an engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fills an ammunition box for a vehicle-mounted machine gun in preparation for a live-fire convoy training exercise on Sept. 29, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., A Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. Dobbins is from Indianapolis, Ind. The Marines of CLB-22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)


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Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a security halt during improvised explosive device convoy training on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Fort Pickett, Va., a Virginia Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center. The Marines of CLB 22 are conducting off-site training, the first major exercise of a six-month pre-deployment training cycle for the 22nd MEU.
(Photographer: Cpl. Theodore Ritchie : 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs)

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