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Sergeant Kyle M. Crance, weapons and tactics instructor and CH-46E Sea Knight crew chief, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to fire 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. Crance, 24, is from Atlanta Beach, Fla.

Sergeant Kyle M. Crance, weapons and tactics instructor and CH-46E Sea Knight crew chief, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to fire 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. Crance, 24, is from Atlanta Beach, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III

Sergeant Kyle M. Crance, weapons and tactics instructor and CH-46E Sea Knight crew chief, 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. Crance, 24, is from Atlanta Beach, Fla.

Sergeant Kyle M. Crance, weapons and tactics instructor and CH-46E Sea Knight crew chief, 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. Crance, 24, is from Atlanta Beach, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III

Sergeant Kyle M. Crance, weapons and tactics instructor and CH-46E Sea Knight crew chief, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads 7.62mm rounds into 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. Crance, 24, is from Atlanta Beach, Fla.

Sergeant Kyle M. Crance, weapons and tactics instructor and CH-46E Sea Knight crew chief, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (Rein.), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads 7.62mm rounds into 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. Crance, 24, is from Atlanta Beach, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III

Sergeant Kyle M. Crance, weapons and tactics instructor and CH-46E Sea Knight crew chief, 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. Crance, 24, is from Atlanta Beach, Fla.

Sergeant Kyle M. Crance, weapons and tactics instructor and CH-46E Sea Knight crew chief, 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. Crance, 24, is from Atlanta Beach, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III

The recruits of Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, earned their Eagle, Globe, and Anchors and the title Marine Oct. 25 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. They are the first company in years that earned their Eagle, Globe, and Anchors on top of the Reaper.

The recruits of Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, earned their Eagle, Globe, and Anchors and the title Marine Oct. 25 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. They are the first company in years that earned their Eagle, Globe, and Anchors on top of the Reaper.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridget M. Keane

Earning the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor symbolizes the transformation from recruit to Marine. This is the one moment that the recruits of Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion have worked so hard for. They are the first company in many years that have earned their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on top of the Reaper.

Earning the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor symbolizes the transformation from recruit to Marine. This is the one moment that the recruits of Company G, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion have worked so hard for. They are the first company in many years that have earned their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on top of the Reaper.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridget M. Keane

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Commanding Officer, Col. Michael L. Scalise, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, (Energy, Installation and Environment), Roger Natsuhara, cut the red ribbon, officially opening one of two solar farms aboard the base, Oct. 18. The two sites aboard the base include 2.73 acres on Nebo and 4.82 acres on the Yermo annex of the base.

Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Commanding Officer, Col. Michael L. Scalise, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, (Energy, Installation and Environment), Roger Natsuhara, cut the red ribbon, officially opening one of two solar farms aboard the base, Oct. 18. The two sites aboard the base include 2.73 acres on Nebo and 4.82 acres on the Yermo annex of the base.

Photo by Robert Jackson

Colton Sheehy-Perry, son of Kayleigh Sheehy and Sgt. Benjamin Perry holds his mother’s hand while at the park aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Oct. 22.

Colton Sheehy-Perry, son of Kayleigh Sheehy and Sgt. Benjamin Perry holds his mother’s hand while at the park aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Oct. 22.

Photo by Cpl. T. Allen Bricker

Reserve Marine Sgt. Scott Moore admires Mila Kunis as she tells a story at the Marine Corps Ball on Nov. 18, 2011 in Greenville, N.C. He asked the “Friends with Benefits” star to be his ball date via YouTube while he was deployed in Afghanistan. His video amassed more than four million views and opened the “flood gates” for dozens of other celebrity ball invites on the video-based social network.

Reserve Marine Sgt. Scott Moore admires Mila Kunis as she tells a story at the Marine Corps Ball on Nov. 18, 2011 in Greenville, N.C. He asked the “Friends with Benefits” star to be his ball date via YouTube while he was deployed in Afghanistan. His video amassed more than four million views and opened the “flood gates” for dozens of other celebrity ball invites on the video-based social network.

Photo by courtesy photo

Reserve Marine Sgt. Kelsey DeSantis and Justin Timberlake, a musician and actor, stand to applaud during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Nov. 12, 2011 in Richmond, Va. She was the second Marine to ask a celebrity to the ball with a YouTube video. Timberlake’s “Friends with Benefits” co-star was also asked by a Marine.

Reserve Marine Sgt. Kelsey DeSantis and Justin Timberlake, a musician and actor, stand to applaud during a ceremony at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Nov. 12, 2011 in Richmond, Va. She was the second Marine to ask a celebrity to the ball with a YouTube video. Timberlake’s “Friends with Benefits” co-star was also asked by a Marine.

Photo by courtesy photo

Marine Sgt. Ray Lewis, a combat correspondent, took Linda Hamilton, best known from her role as Sarah Conner in “Terminator” to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Oct. 29, 2011 in Westlake, Texas. She was by far the most admired date at the affair. Attendees lined up by her table to talk and get a possible autograph or photo with the actress. Hamilton said she enjoyed being in Marine company and was especially moved by the Birthday Ball ceremony. She asked Lewis via YouTube.

Marine Sgt. Ray Lewis, a combat correspondent, took Linda Hamilton, best known from her role as Sarah Conner in “Terminator” to the Marine Corps Birthday Ball, Oct. 29, 2011 in Westlake, Texas. She was by far the most admired date at the affair. Attendees lined up by her table to talk and get a possible autograph or photo with the actress. Hamilton said she enjoyed being in Marine company and was especially moved by the Birthday Ball ceremony. She asked Lewis via YouTube.

Photo by courtesy photo

Senegalese Lt. Col. Ddse Diouf, and interpreter Massiga Seck presents a speech during the second iteration of the Military Intelligence Non-commissioned Officer Course- Africa. MINOC-A II, a seven-week course that was held here, is the first iteration of the course on the continent of Africa and enhances capacity for intelligence skills and techniques while providing a combined-forces environment to promote collaboration methods with the region’s military-intelligence community. Countries that participated in MINOC-A II include the nations of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Tunisia, Senegal, Canada and the U.S.

Senegalese Lt. Col. Ddse Diouf, and interpreter Massiga Seck presents a speech during the second iteration of the Military Intelligence Non-commissioned Officer Course- Africa. MINOC-A II, a seven-week course that was held here, is the first iteration of the course on the continent of Africa and enhances capacity for intelligence skills and techniques while providing a combined-forces environment to promote collaboration methods with the region’s military-intelligence community. Countries that participated in MINOC-A II include the nations of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Tunisia, Senegal, Canada and the U.S.

Photo by XID316

DAKAR, Senegal -- Students from the second iteration of Military Intelligence Non-Commissioned Officer’s Course- Africa, representing six African partner nations, work together to analyze simulated intelligence information released to them to test their interoperability as one team. MINOC-A II, a seven-week course that was held here, is the first iteration of the course on the continent of Africa and enhances capacity for intelligence skills and techniques while providing a combined-forces environment to promote collaboration methods with the region’s military-intelligence community. Countries that participated in MINOC-A II include the nations of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Tunisia, Senegal, Canada and the U.S.

DAKAR, Senegal -- Students from the second iteration of Military Intelligence Non-Commissioned Officer’s Course- Africa, representing six African partner nations, work together to analyze simulated intelligence information released to them to test their interoperability as one team. MINOC-A II, a seven-week course that was held here, is the first iteration of the course on the continent of Africa and enhances capacity for intelligence skills and techniques while providing a combined-forces environment to promote collaboration methods with the region’s military-intelligence community. Countries that participated in MINOC-A II include the nations of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Tunisia, Senegal, Canada and the U.S.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

DAKAR, Senegal -- African partners, from the second iteration of the Military Intelligence Non-Commissioned Officer Course- Africa, plot points on a map in accordance to simulated intelligence information that was released from the course instructors for a capabilities exercise designed to test the proficiency of the skills taught during the seven-week course. MINOC-A II, a seven-week course that was held here, is the first iteration of the course on the continent of Africa and enhances capacity for intelligence skills and techniques while providing a combined-forces environment to promote collaboration methods with the region’s military-intelligence community. Countries that participated in MINOC-A II include the nations of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Tunisia, Senegal, Canada and the U.S.

DAKAR, Senegal -- African partners, from the second iteration of the Military Intelligence Non-Commissioned Officer Course- Africa, plot points on a map in accordance to simulated intelligence information that was released from the course instructors for a capabilities exercise designed to test the proficiency of the skills taught during the seven-week course. MINOC-A II, a seven-week course that was held here, is the first iteration of the course on the continent of Africa and enhances capacity for intelligence skills and techniques while providing a combined-forces environment to promote collaboration methods with the region’s military-intelligence community. Countries that participated in MINOC-A II include the nations of Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Tunisia, Senegal, Canada and the U.S.

Photo by Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda

Guests socialize during 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., where several members of the Montford Point Marines joined the unit Oct. 29, 2012. The battalion invited the Montford Point Marines to celebrate their role in the unit’s history and to honor the Marine Corps’ 237th birthday.

Guests socialize during 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., where several members of the Montford Point Marines joined the unit Oct. 29, 2012. The battalion invited the Montford Point Marines to celebrate their role in the unit’s history and to honor the Marine Corps’ 237th birthday.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Peterson

Sgt. Joseph M. Perez, an instructor with the School of Infantry-East and Silver Star recipient, speaks to guests at 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Perez spoke about what courage and leadership means to the servicemembers at the event, which included members of the Montford Point Marines.

Sgt. Joseph M. Perez, an instructor with the School of Infantry-East and Silver Star recipient, speaks to guests at 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Perez spoke about what courage and leadership means to the servicemembers at the event, which included members of the Montford Point Marines.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Peterson

Lt. Col. Jesse A. Kemp, the commanding officer of 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, speaks about the battalion’s close relationship with the Montford Point Marines during the unit’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Several members of the Montford Point Marines joined 2nd Supply Battalion to celebrate the Marine Corps’ 237th birthday.

Lt. Col. Jesse A. Kemp, the commanding officer of 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, speaks about the battalion’s close relationship with the Montford Point Marines during the unit’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Several members of the Montford Point Marines joined 2nd Supply Battalion to celebrate the Marine Corps’ 237th birthday.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Peterson

Lt. Col. Jesse A. Kemp, the commanding officer of 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and Sgt. Joseph M. Perez, an instructor with the School of Infantry-East, share the first bite of cake at 2nd Supply Battalion’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Perez spoke as the honored guest for the event, which included members of the Montford Point Marines.

Lt. Col. Jesse A. Kemp, the commanding officer of 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and Sgt. Joseph M. Perez, an instructor with the School of Infantry-East, share the first bite of cake at 2nd Supply Battalion’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Perez spoke as the honored guest for the event, which included members of the Montford Point Marines.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Peterson

Maj. Daniel M. Bartos, the officer in charge of supply management with 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, shares a spot at the head table with Adner Batts, one of the original members of the Montford Point Marines, during the battalion’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. The battalion invited the Montford Point Marines to join in the festivities and to honor them for their unique contribution to the unit’s history.

Maj. Daniel M. Bartos, the officer in charge of supply management with 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, shares a spot at the head table with Adner Batts, one of the original members of the Montford Point Marines, during the battalion’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. The battalion invited the Montford Point Marines to join in the festivities and to honor them for their unique contribution to the unit’s history.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Peterson

Lt. Col. Jesse A. Kemp, the commanding officer of 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, shares a spot at the head table with Turner G. Blount, one of the original members of the Montford Point Marines, during the battalion’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. The battalion invited the Montford Point Marines to join in the festivities and to honor them for their unique contribution to the unit’s history.

Lt. Col. Jesse A. Kemp, the commanding officer of 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, shares a spot at the head table with Turner G. Blount, one of the original members of the Montford Point Marines, during the battalion’s Marine Corps Birthday ball in New Bern, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. The battalion invited the Montford Point Marines to join in the festivities and to honor them for their unique contribution to the unit’s history.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Paul Peterson