A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division provides suppressing fire while fellow Marines bound back to break contact with a superior force during the simulated training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 21, 2015. The Marines would conduct a patrol down range, the range targets would pop up simulating enemy targets, and then they would cover and move back down the range to elude the enemy force that, in this scenario, is superior. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin T Updegraff/ Released) - A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division provides suppressing fire while fellow Marines bound back to break contact with a superior force during the simulated training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 21, 2015. The Marines would conduct a patrol down range, the range targets would pop up simulating enemy targets, and then they would cover and move back down the range to elude the enemy force that, in this scenario, is superior. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin T Updegraff/ Released)
Marines attending the 10th Marine Regiment’s Lance Corporal Ethics and Leadership Seminar listen to their instructor, Sgt. Devin E. Greer, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., as he describes the qualities in a leader of Marines, Jan. 13, 2015. The instructor served as a guide while the Marines discussed what each of the qualities -- inspiration, technical proficiency, and moral responsibility -- meant to them. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Olivia McDonald/Released) - Marines attending the 10th Marine Regiment’s Lance Corporal Ethics and Leadership Seminar listen to their instructor, Sgt. Devin E. Greer, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., as he describes the qualities in a leader of Marines, Jan. 13, 2015. The instructor served as a guide while the Marines discussed what each of the qualities -- inspiration, technical proficiency, and moral responsibility -- meant to them. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Olivia McDonald/Released)
Lance Cpl. Michael Hobbs, an anti-tank missleman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and native of Phoenix, Arizona, fires an M249 light machine gun at G-21 Machine Gun Range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014. Marines with the battalion conducted training to improve their skills with the M249 while engaging various targets at unknown distances. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell/released) - Lance Cpl. Michael Hobbs, an anti-tank missleman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and native of Phoenix, Arizona, fires an M249 light machine gun at G-21 Machine Gun Range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014. Marines with the battalion conducted training to improve their skills with the M249 while engaging various targets at unknown distances. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell/released)
Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, pay their respects to three fallen service members during a memorial service aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014. The unit’s Marines approached the battlefield crosses in groups to pay their respect to Staff Sgt. David Stewart, Cpl. Brandon Garabrant, and Cpl. Adam F. Wolff, who were killed druing the battalion’s 2014 deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/Released) - Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, pay their respects to three fallen service members during a memorial service aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014. The unit’s Marines approached the battlefield crosses in groups to pay their respect to Staff Sgt. David Stewart, Cpl. Brandon Garabrant, and Cpl. Adam F. Wolff, who were killed druing the battalion’s 2014 deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/Released)
Roberto Ponce (center) coaches of team Fury shake hand out trophies and shake players hands after their last win of the season at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Nov. 1, 2014. The team went undefeated and was the champion of the Camp Lejeune Youth Sports soccer league. - Roberto Ponce (center) coaches of team Fury shake hand out trophies and shake players hands after their last win of the season at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Nov. 1, 2014. The team went undefeated and was the champion of the Camp Lejeune Youth Sports soccer league.
Cpl. Jaquan Derricotte (left), a radio operator with Headquarters Battery, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, from Athens, Ga., addresses a Marine simulating hysteria as part of a mass casualty training during Exercise Rolling Thunder on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 25, 2014. The training allowed Marines to practice battlefield trauma techniques on their fellow Marines, who simulated lost limbs, blindness, shrapnel wounds, and other battlefield injuries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo released by Lance Cpl. Kirstin Merrimarahajara/ Released) - Cpl. Jaquan Derricotte (left), a radio operator with Headquarters Battery, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, from Athens, Ga., addresses a Marine simulating hysteria as part of a mass casualty training during Exercise Rolling Thunder on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 25, 2014. The training allowed Marines to practice battlefield trauma techniques on their fellow Marines, who simulated lost limbs, blindness, shrapnel wounds, and other battlefield injuries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo released by Lance Cpl. Kirstin Merrimarahajara/ Released)
Cpl. Zachery Fowler (center) a gunner with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and Estillfork, Ala., native, takes a short break with his team after they performed a patrol to look for simulated hostiles at Landing Zone Hawk aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 29, 2014. Fowler’s company performed maneuver exercises Sept. 28 through Oct. 2, 2014 to sharpen their basic skills and improve team camaraderie. “For mission readiness, it’s important that we have good cohesion inside the tank,” said Fowler. - Cpl. Zachery Fowler (center) a gunner with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and Estillfork, Ala., native, takes a short break with his team after they performed a patrol to look for simulated hostiles at Landing Zone Hawk aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 29, 2014. Fowler’s company performed maneuver exercises Sept. 28 through Oct. 2, 2014 to sharpen their basic skills and improve team camaraderie. “For mission readiness, it’s important that we have good cohesion inside the tank,” said Fowler.
Sgt. William J. Puckett, an assault amphibious crew chief with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, watches from the turret of his AAV as Marines with his unit conduct a Gator Square after disembarking from the USS Whidbey Island off the coast of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 10, 2014. Alpha Company Marines spent two days on Onslow Beach testing their AAV’s before taking them out to sea to board the USS Whidbey Island in order to conduct ship operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff / Released) - Sgt. William J. Puckett, an assault amphibious crew chief with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, watches from the turret of his AAV as Marines with his unit conduct a Gator Square after disembarking from the USS Whidbey Island off the coast of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 10, 2014. Alpha Company Marines spent two days on Onslow Beach testing their AAV’s before taking them out to sea to board the USS Whidbey Island in order to conduct ship operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff / Released)