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Pfc. Kyle D. Springer, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, lays in the prone position performing gun drills. The exercise is part of the company?s daily training, which includes patrolling, enhanced marksmanship, magazine drills and learning how to clear rooms and ladderwells properly. The drills are led by more senior Marines with the company that have already deployed and can share knowledge and real life experience with the younger Marines. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryce C.K. Muhlenberg (RELEASED) - Pfc. Kyle D. Springer, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, lays in the prone position performing gun drills. The exercise is part of the company?s daily training, which includes patrolling, enhanced marksmanship, magazine drills and learning how to clear rooms and ladderwells properly. The drills are led by more senior Marines with the company that have already deployed and can share knowledge and real life experience with the younger Marines. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryce C.K. Muhlenberg (RELEASED)

Young 3/2 infantrymen train for combat readiness

Metal parts scrape and click harshly against one another, creating odd sounds as Marines bark commands and motivation to junior Marines urgently assembling their weapons. Pfc. Kyle D. Springer and the rest of his fellow M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon gunners hustle hard to complete their task. Some work with the precision of machines, some with

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2nd AABn helps at Wayne County Special Olympics

Approximately 105 athletes and about 130 Marine and civilian volunteers participated in the annual Special Olympics of Wayne County, N.C., at the Dillard Middle School track April 19. The Special Olympics offer year-round sports training and competition for more than 1 million children and adults with mental and physical disabilities around the

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COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, IRAQ – Master Sgt. Albert E. Lopez, assistant operations chief with 1st Light Armored Vehicle Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2 lifts one of the poles that serve as a roof for the battalion’s mobile combat operations center. The forward COC provides a link in the chain of communication with the battalion’s firm base and its mobile units. Marine Corps Photo By Lance Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser. - COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, IRAQ – Master Sgt. Albert E. Lopez, assistant operations chief with 1st Light Armored Vehicle Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2 lifts one of the poles that serve as a roof for the battalion’s mobile combat operations center. The forward COC provides a link in the chain of communication with the battalion’s firm base and its mobile units. Marine Corps Photo By Lance Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser.

First LAR extends eyes and ears throughout western Euphrates River valley

Regimental Combat Team 2 launched operation Valiant Guardian on March 26, 2007. In support of that operation, 1st Light Armored Vehicle Battalion has sent its Marines throughout the western Euphrates River valley to disrupt enemy movement and form communication bonds with the local populace. In order to effectively accomplish this mission, the

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Marine Corps top commander and sergeant major visit southern Calif.-based battalion in Iraq

U.S. Marine Gen. James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, said Al Qa’im, Iraq, a region in northwestern Al Anbar Province, is a model for the rest of Iraq to look up to. He said Al Qa’im’s stability is a direct result from the success Coalition Forces had during combat operations here over the past four years and the cooperation and support

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Sgt. Jonathan M. Compton, a scout team leader with Jump platoon, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, provides security while his platoon sweeps through a village during Operation Valiant Guardian. The operation is aimed at disrupting insurgent supply routes, finding and eliminating insurgent safe-havens, and establishing solid communication with local Iraqi civilians. - Sgt. Jonathan M. Compton, a scout team leader with Jump platoon, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, provides security while his platoon sweeps through a village during Operation Valiant Guardian. The operation is aimed at disrupting insurgent supply routes, finding and eliminating insurgent safe-havens, and establishing solid communication with local Iraqi civilians.

First LAR kicks off Operation Valiant Guardian with a successful start

First Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, launched Marines in support of operation “Valiant Guardian” April 5, 2007. The operation covered most of RCT-2’s area of operation, or AO, which is roughly 30,000 miles, the size of South Carolina, and extends through the western Euphrates River valley. According to military

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.?Lt. Col. Todd Desgrosseilliers, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, presents the Purple Heart medal to Cpl. Christopher Grubb during a ceremony in front of the battalion, April 6. Grubb received the medal for wounds sustained on Sept. 1, 2006. That night Grubb, a squad leader with 3rd Bn., 2nd Marines, led his squad on a combat patrol. One of Grubb?s fire team leaders, Lance Cpl. Cliff Golla, stepped on a pressure-plate, setting off an improvised explosive device. The blast killed Golla and severely injured three other Marines, including Grubb. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.?Lt. Col. Todd Desgrosseilliers, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, presents the Purple Heart medal to Cpl. Christopher Grubb during a ceremony in front of the battalion, April 6. Grubb received the medal for wounds sustained on Sept. 1, 2006. That night Grubb, a squad leader with 3rd Bn., 2nd Marines, led his squad on a combat patrol. One of Grubb?s fire team leaders, Lance Cpl. Cliff Golla, stepped on a pressure-plate, setting off an improvised explosive device. The blast killed Golla and severely injured three other Marines, including Grubb.

COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, IRAQ – Children in the city of Reyanah chase after the light armored vehicles of the Jump team, 1st Light Armored Recconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, after a 'Christmas Drop' operation. Missions like this help show the Iraqis that the military wants to help them and is on their side, and is important in gaining the trust of the citizens of Iraq. Official Marine Corps Photo By Lance Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser. - COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, IRAQ – Children in the city of Reyanah chase after the light armored vehicles of the Jump team, 1st Light Armored Recconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, after a 'Christmas Drop' operation. Missions like this help show the Iraqis that the military wants to help them and is on their side, and is important in gaining the trust of the citizens of Iraq. Official Marine Corps Photo By Lance Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser.