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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (May 4, 2006)- Marines from 10th Marine Regiment played in their annual King of Battle Big Sticks Softball Tournament. There were 14 different teams who played in the single elimination tournament. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Athanasios Genos (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (May 4, 2006)- Marines from 10th Marine Regiment played in their annual King of Battle Big Sticks Softball Tournament. There were 14 different teams who played in the single elimination tournament. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Athanasios Genos (RELEASED)

-002- MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (May 4, 2006)- Marines from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment attended a week of courses held at the base library here where they learned basic maintenance, safety and vehicle operation of High-Mobility Multi Wheeled Vehicles. The course was designed to help prevent accidents in incidental drivers who are not specifically trained as motor vehicle operators in the Corps. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos (RELEASED) - -002- MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (May 4, 2006)- Marines from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment attended a week of courses held at the base library here where they learned basic maintenance, safety and vehicle operation of High-Mobility Multi Wheeled Vehicles. The course was designed to help prevent accidents in incidental drivers who are not specifically trained as motor vehicle operators in the Corps. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Family, friends and fellow Marines were gathered at a local funeral home to celebrate the life of Cpl. Pablo Mayorga, who gave his life serving in Iraq fighting in the Global War on Terrorism. Mayorga's widow, Paola, was given the Purple Heart which was posthumously awarded to Pablo. Photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Family, friends and fellow Marines were gathered at a local funeral home to celebrate the life of Cpl. Pablo Mayorga, who gave his life serving in Iraq fighting in the Global War on Terrorism. Mayorga's widow, Paola, was given the Purple Heart which was posthumously awarded to Pablo. Photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 24, 2006)- Maj. Shaun Fitzpatrick holds the display dedicated to 8th Marine Regiment, which holds the flag flown on a NASA space shuttle over Camp Fallujah, Iraq. The shuttle flew over while Regimental Combat Team-8 was stationed there. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 24, 2006)- Maj. Shaun Fitzpatrick holds the display dedicated to 8th Marine Regiment, which holds the flag flown on a NASA space shuttle over Camp Fallujah, Iraq. The shuttle flew over while Regimental Combat Team-8 was stationed there. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Athanasios L. Genos (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 21, 2006)- Laura Youngblood, of Long Island, N.Y., mourns the loss of her husband Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis L. Youngblood, a corpsman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment who was killed in action in Iraq while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 21, 2006)- Laura Youngblood, of Long Island, N.Y., mourns the loss of her husband Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis L. Youngblood, a corpsman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment who was killed in action in Iraq while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 21, 2006)- Marines from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment pass by and hug the family members of Sgt. Sean Miles, their fallen comrade-in-arms, who laid down his life to save that of another Marine. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Who T. Hellever (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 21, 2006)- Marines from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment pass by and hug the family members of Sgt. Sean Miles, their fallen comrade-in-arms, who laid down his life to save that of another Marine. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Who T. Hellever (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 20, 2006)- Cpl. Franklin E. Martinez, 21, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. He spent seven months in Husaybah, Iraq at Camp Gannon and said he learned a lot about the way Iraqis live and their culture. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 20, 2006)- Cpl. Franklin E. Martinez, 21, from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005. He spent seven months in Husaybah, Iraq at Camp Gannon and said he learned a lot about the way Iraqis live and their culture. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Cpl. Patrick Geary is a 24-year-old Virginia Beach, Va., native assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. He helps keep the cannons in the fight by acquiring the components necessary to maintain and refurbish them. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Cpl. Patrick Geary is a 24-year-old Virginia Beach, Va., native assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. He helps keep the cannons in the fight by acquiring the components necessary to maintain and refurbish them.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 12, 2006)- Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division conduct a vehicle safety inspection before the Easter four-day holiday weekend. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 12, 2006)- Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division conduct a vehicle safety inspection before the Easter four-day holiday weekend. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 19, 2006)- Pfc. Dominic S. Lockwood, a Marine with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, has made two deployments to Iraq. The Charleston, S.C., native said there was a huge difference in the deployments and that the conditions in Iraq have improved. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (April 19, 2006)- Pfc. Dominic S. Lockwood, a Marine with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, has made two deployments to Iraq. The Charleston, S.C., native said there was a huge difference in the deployments and that the conditions in Iraq have improved. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)