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Lance Cpl. Robert Walters, combat photographer, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, takes a photograph while on a patrol through the battalion’s area of operations, Nov. 11, 2012. Walters broke his elbow a year and a half before he joined the Marine Corps and refused to let it hinder him as a Marine.

Lance Cpl. Robert Walters, combat photographer, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, takes a photograph while on a patrol through the battalion’s area of operations, Nov. 11, 2012. Walters broke his elbow a year and a half before he joined the Marine Corps and refused to let it hinder him as a Marine.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Marines with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/2 look on from an observation post at an artillery range during the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Group Sail exercise, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 17, 2012. Group Sail consists of multiple training scenarios to include different variations of raids; visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training; and tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (TRAP) simulations. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations. The 26th MEU is slated to deploy in 2013. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. Michael Lockett)

Marines with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/2 look on from an observation post at an artillery range during the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Group Sail exercise, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 17, 2012. Group Sail consists of multiple training scenarios to include different variations of raids; visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training; and tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (TRAP) simulations. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations. The 26th MEU is slated to deploy in 2013. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. Michael Lockett)

Photo by Cpl. Michael Lockett

Petty Officer 2nd Class Neil Gahimer, a gunner with Navy Riverine Squadron 2, radios for extraction after his team recovered a simulated weapons cache in the Cherry Point area Dec. 12.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Neil Gahimer, a gunner with Navy Riverine Squadron 2, radios for extraction after his team recovered a simulated weapons cache in the Cherry Point area Dec. 12.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Cory D. Polom

Marines with the 5th Marine Regiment connect a cargo net filled with supplies to a single hook to be lifted externally by a CH-53E Super Stallion during an external lift exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 5. External lifts can use up to two cables to ensure the load is steady and centered.

Marines with the 5th Marine Regiment connect a cargo net filled with supplies to a single hook to be lifted externally by a CH-53E Super Stallion during an external lift exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 5. External lifts can use up to two cables to ensure the load is steady and centered.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Eschenbrenner

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, carries a humvee during an external lift exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 5. Super Stallions commonly carry loads that cannot fit into the cargo hold to transport to different locations quickly.

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, carries a humvee during an external lift exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 5. Super Stallions commonly carry loads that cannot fit into the cargo hold to transport to different locations quickly.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Eschenbrenner

Brig. Gen. Vincent Coglianese, left, poses with Capt. Carlos Camarena, center-left, Fire Chief Thomas Thompson, center-right, and Sgt. Maj. Derrick Christovale Sr., right, after presenting Camarena with the 2011 Firefighter of the Year Award here Dec. 19. Camarena is a civilian firefighter here, Thompson is the chief of Fire and Emergency Services here. Coglianese is the base commanding general and regional authority for five military installations in the Southwestern United States and Christovale is the senior enlisted advisor.

Brig. Gen. Vincent Coglianese, left, poses with Capt. Carlos Camarena, center-left, Fire Chief Thomas Thompson, center-right, and Sgt. Maj. Derrick Christovale Sr., right, after presenting Camarena with the 2011 Firefighter of the Year Award here Dec. 19. Camarena is a civilian firefighter here, Thompson is the chief of Fire and Emergency Services here. Coglianese is the base commanding general and regional authority for five military installations in the Southwestern United States and Christovale is the senior enlisted advisor.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz

A recruit with Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, struggles to carry the log during log drills aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 18. A group of eight recruits must work together to carry the log and perform exercises. Pushing through the experience helps build camaraderie and teaches recruits the meaning of teamwork.

A recruit with Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, struggles to carry the log during log drills aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 18. A group of eight recruits must work together to carry the log and perform exercises. Pushing through the experience helps build camaraderie and teaches recruits the meaning of teamwork.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridget M. Keane

Sgt. Mark Garcia, senior drill instructor, Platoon 2143, Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, instructs his recruits to perform curls with a log weighing more than 250 pounds during log drills aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 18. Log drills is an event that requires to work together carrying a log around for half a mile.

Sgt. Mark Garcia, senior drill instructor, Platoon 2143, Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, instructs his recruits to perform curls with a log weighing more than 250 pounds during log drills aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 18. Log drills is an event that requires to work together carrying a log around for half a mile.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridget M. Keane

A T-34 training plane is displayed at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Dec. 8. Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom pilot and a native of San Jaquin Valley, Calif., flew in this type of plane during pilot training in 1958.

A T-34 training plane is displayed at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Dec. 8. Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom pilot and a native of San Jaquin Valley, Calif., flew in this type of plane during pilot training in 1958.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Eschenbrenner

Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom pilot, and a San Jaquin Valley, Calif., native, shows an artistâ€™s drawing of an A-4 in the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Dec. 18. Bibler flew the A-4 aboard Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Calif., in the 1960â€™s before he transitioned to flying the F-4 Phantom.

Retired Lt. Col. Jay N. Bibler, a former F-4 Phantom pilot, and a San Jaquin Valley, Calif., native, shows an artistâ€™s drawing of an A-4 in the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, Dec. 18. Bibler flew the A-4 aboard Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Calif., in the 1960â€™s before he transitioned to flying the F-4 Phantom.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Eschenbrenner

Recruits struggle to lift the front end of the log during log drills aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 18. Recruits learned how to work together as a team and that if one recruit didn't carry their weight the rest of the group would suffer.

Recruits struggle to lift the front end of the log during log drills aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 18. Recruits learned how to work together as a team and that if one recruit didn't carry their weight the rest of the group would suffer.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridget M. Keane

A drill instructor with Receiving Company, Recruit Training Regiment, instructs recruits to empty their pockets of their personal belongings in the contraband room during the receiving process aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 17. Each recruit gets rid of the items they won't need during training.

A drill instructor with Receiving Company, Recruit Training Regiment, instructs recruits to empty their pockets of their personal belongings in the contraband room during the receiving process aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Dec. 17. Each recruit gets rid of the items they won't need during training.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridget M. Keane

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 sets down a Humvee during the Steel Knight exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 14. During the exercise, three Super Stallions with HMH-465 lifted and transported many supplies as well as two Humvees back to Camp Wilson aboard MCAGCC Twentynine Palms.

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 sets down a Humvee during the Steel Knight exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 14. During the exercise, three Super Stallions with HMH-465 lifted and transported many supplies as well as two Humvees back to Camp Wilson aboard MCAGCC Twentynine Palms.

Photo by Pfc. Raquel Barraza

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Combat Logistic Group and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force connect a Humvee to a Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 Super Stallion during the Steel Knight exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 14. Pilots and crew chiefs with HMH-465 preformed external lifts to take supplies and vehicles out of the hills and uneven terrain of Twentynine Palms.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Combat Logistic Group and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force connect a Humvee to a Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 Super Stallion during the Steel Knight exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 14. Pilots and crew chiefs with HMH-465 preformed external lifts to take supplies and vehicles out of the hills and uneven terrain of Twentynine Palms.

Photo by Pfc. Raquel Barraza

William Taylor, Camp Pendleton’s first director of natural resources, recollects past experiences during his 27-year tenure beginning in 1948. Taylor, 100, was in charge of maintaining Pendleton’s land, wildlife, livestock and ecosystems.

William Taylor, Camp Pendleton’s first director of natural resources, recollects past experiences during his 27-year tenure beginning in 1948. Taylor, 100, was in charge of maintaining Pendleton’s land, wildlife, livestock and ecosystems.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Derrick K. Irions

Cpl. Edwin L. Poling, satellite communicator with the maintenance platoon, communications section, Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and a native of Jonesboro, Ind., inputs control data for a Support Wide Area Network satellite dish during the 31st MEU’s Communications Exercise here, Dec. 16 through 21. As part of the communications section’s pre-deployment training, COMMEX refreshes the skills of the communications Marines and ensures the equipment is fully functional prior to every MEU deployment. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

Cpl. Edwin L. Poling, satellite communicator with the maintenance platoon, communications section, Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and a native of Jonesboro, Ind., inputs control data for a Support Wide Area Network satellite dish during the 31st MEU’s Communications Exercise here, Dec. 16 through 21. As part of the communications section’s pre-deployment training, COMMEX refreshes the skills of the communications Marines and ensures the equipment is fully functional prior to every MEU deployment. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

Photo by Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright

Gen. John R. Allen, International Security Assistance Force commander, speaks with troops gathered at Combat Outpost Jannat in southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day.

Gen. John R. Allen, International Security Assistance Force commander, speaks with troops gathered at Combat Outpost Jannat in southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day.

Photo by Sgt. Ashley Curtis

BMX biker Jimmy Walker readies himself for his next stunt on a state-of-the-art pro half-pipe during their Shakopee, Minn., stop on the 2011 ASA Fall High School Tour Sept. 28. Hundreds of students attended the event, which was sponsored by the United States Marine Corps. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

BMX biker Jimmy Walker readies himself for his next stunt on a state-of-the-art pro half-pipe during their Shakopee, Minn., stop on the 2011 ASA Fall High School Tour Sept. 28. Hundreds of students attended the event, which was sponsored by the United States Marine Corps. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

Twenty-four aspiring Marines with Recruiting Station Twin Cities take the oath of enlistment at the Metrodome before the Minnesota Vikings battle the Jackson Jaguars on Sept. 9. All 24 of the Vikings Platoon members will ship off to boot camp Sept. 10-11. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Twenty-four aspiring Marines with Recruiting Station Twin Cities take the oath of enlistment at the Metrodome before the Minnesota Vikings battle the Jackson Jaguars on Sept. 9. All 24 of the Vikings Platoon members will ship off to boot camp Sept. 10-11. For additional imagery from the event, visit www.facebook.com/rstwincities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Clinton Firstbrook

General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, addresses Marines and sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group in the hangar bay of the USS Peleliu, Dec. 28. The CMC visited the ship to show support to the Marines and sailors of the 15th MEU and Peleliu ARG during the holidays. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu ARG as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jennifer M. Antoine)

General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, addresses Marines and sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group in the hangar bay of the USS Peleliu, Dec. 28. The CMC visited the ship to show support to the Marines and sailors of the 15th MEU and Peleliu ARG during the holidays. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu ARG as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jennifer M. Antoine)

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