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A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa knocks over a traffic cone while negotiating through a series of obstacles at high speeds at the Tier 1 Group Training Center in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 13, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa is training in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

A Marine with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa knocks over a traffic cone while negotiating through a series of obstacles at high speeds at the Tier 1 Group Training Center in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 13, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa is training in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Amber Blanchard

Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa negotiate through a series of cones at high speeds at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 13, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa is training in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa negotiate through a series of cones at high speeds at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 13, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa is training in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Amber Blanchard

Don Barrack, an instructor with Tier 1 Group, directs Staff Sgt. Randy Wilson, a team chief with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, and a Livermore, Calif. native, as he negotiates through a series of cones at high speeds at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 13, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa is training in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

Don Barrack, an instructor with Tier 1 Group, directs Staff Sgt. Randy Wilson, a team chief with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, and a Livermore, Calif. native, as he negotiates through a series of cones at high speeds at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 13, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa is training in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Amber Blanchard

Staff Sgt. Randy Wilson, a team chief with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, and a Livermore, Calif. native, negotiates through a series of cones at high speeds at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 13, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa is training in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

Staff Sgt. Randy Wilson, a team chief with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, and a Livermore, Calif. native, negotiates through a series of cones at high speeds at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 13, 2012. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa is training in preparation for its upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Amber Blanchard

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa fire foreign long-range rifles during a foreign weapons training session at Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa fire foreign long-range rifles during a foreign weapons training session at Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Sgt. Geoffrey Andrade, feeds rounds into a foreign machine gun for Sgt. Brain Oldaker during a foreign weapons training session at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Sgt. Geoffrey Andrade, feeds rounds into a foreign machine gun for Sgt. Brain Oldaker during a foreign weapons training session at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, under supervision of an instructor, use the buddy system to fire a foreign machine gun during a training session on Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The buddy system is used to help the shooter accurately engage the target quickly. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, under supervision of an instructor, use the buddy system to fire a foreign machine gun during a training session on Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The buddy system is used to help the shooter accurately engage the target quickly. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Sgt. Geoffrey Andrade and Sgt. Brian Oldaker, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, use the buddy system to fire a foreign machine gun during a training session at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Sgt. Geoffrey Andrade and Sgt. Brian Oldaker, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, use the buddy system to fire a foreign machine gun during a training session at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Cpl. Byron Naula, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, fires an AK-47 assault rifle during a training session at Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Cpl. Byron Naula, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, fires an AK-47 assault rifle during a training session at Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald)

arines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa discuss how to assemble and disassemble a foreign machine gun at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in, Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

arines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa discuss how to assemble and disassemble a foreign machine gun at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in, Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned ho to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Sgt. Xin Huang, a machine-gunner with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, instructs a class on AK-47 assault rifle firing techniques at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. Each Marine was required to instruct at least one class in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Sgt. Xin Huang, a machine-gunner with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, instructs a class on AK-47 assault rifle firing techniques at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. Each Marine was required to instruct at least one class in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Sgt. Jeremy Goodwin, Cpl. Brendon Dowling, and Sgt. Erik Cordova, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, practice speed reloads with the AK-47 assault riffle at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Sgt. Jeremy Goodwin, Cpl. Brendon Dowling, and Sgt. Erik Cordova, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, practice speed reloads with the AK-47 assault riffle at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald)

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa practice firing the AK-47 assault rifle during foreign weapons training, instructors at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa practice firing the AK-47 assault rifle during foreign weapons training, instructors at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Cpl. Christian Jardine and Navy corpsman Christian Alexander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, practice a team AK-47 assault riffle shooting drill at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Cpl. Christian Jardine and Navy corpsman Christian Alexander with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, practice a team AK-47 assault riffle shooting drill at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Sgt. Joseph Swartz, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, marks a target at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Sgt. Joseph Swartz, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, marks a target at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

Sgt. Dane Salmon, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, learns proper cleaning techniques for the AK-47 assault rifle at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Sgt. Dane Salmon, with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa, learns proper cleaning techniques for the AK-47 assault rifle at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility, Oct. 23, 2012. The Marines and Sailors of Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa learned how to operate and maintain various foreign weapons in preparation for their upcoming deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald

The USS Green Bay sails west in the Indian Ocean, Oct. 25. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and 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.

The USS Green Bay sails west in the Indian Ocean, Oct. 25. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and 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.

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III

Corporal Heriberto Velazquez II, CH-46E aerial observer and mechanic, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a XM-218 machine gun while flying over the Indian Ocean, Oct. 25. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted aerial gunnery and tail gunnery training to refresh the skills of eight of the unit’s crew chiefs as well as aerial tail gunnery qualifications for two of their aerial observers. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and 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. Champ, 26, is from Bedford, Iowa.

Corporal Heriberto Velazquez II, CH-46E aerial observer and mechanic, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a XM-218 machine gun while flying over the Indian Ocean, Oct. 25. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted aerial gunnery and tail gunnery training to refresh the skills of eight of the unit’s crew chiefs as well as aerial tail gunnery qualifications for two of their aerial observers. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and 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. Champ, 26, is from Bedford, Iowa.

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III

Corporal Heriberto Velazquez II, CH-46E aerial observer and mechanic, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads .50 caliber rounds into a XM-218 machine gun while flying over the Indian Ocean, Oct. 25. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted aerial gunnery and tail gunnery training to refresh the skills of eight of the unit’s crew chiefs as well as aerial tail gunnery qualifications for two of their aerial observers. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and 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. Velazquez, 22, is from Newport News, Va.

Corporal Heriberto Velazquez II, CH-46E aerial observer and mechanic, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads .50 caliber rounds into a XM-218 machine gun while flying over the Indian Ocean, Oct. 25. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted aerial gunnery and tail gunnery training to refresh the skills of eight of the unit’s crew chiefs as well as aerial tail gunnery qualifications for two of their aerial observers. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and 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. Velazquez, 22, is from Newport News, Va.

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III

Sergeant John H. Kirk VI, aerial gunner and observer and a CH-46E Sea Knight mechanic, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a M240D machine gun while flying over the Indian Ocean, Oct. 25. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted aerial gunnery and tail gunnery training to refresh the skills of eight of the unit’s crew chiefs as well as aerial tail gunnery qualifications for two of their aerial observers. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and 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. Kirk, 25, is from Ramona, Calif.

Sergeant John H. Kirk VI, aerial gunner and observer and a CH-46E Sea Knight mechanic, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a M240D machine gun while flying over the Indian Ocean, Oct. 25. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted aerial gunnery and tail gunnery training to refresh the skills of eight of the unit’s crew chiefs as well as aerial tail gunnery qualifications for two of their aerial observers. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and 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. Kirk, 25, is from Ramona, Calif.

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III