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Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif. – Marines from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, learn skijoring at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center at Bridgeport, Calif. Skijoring is skiing while being towed by animal or motorized vehicle. The Marines began their pre-environmental training and basic mobility training during a 10-day field exercise on January 18, 2014. During the training evolution the Marines will learn skiing, snowshoeing, skijoring, limited cliff assault, endurance at elevation and long-range day and night movements. The Warlords and its attached units are undergoing training at MCMWTC to prepare for the upcoming bilateral NATO training exercise Cold Response, which will take place in March of 2014 in Norway. - Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif. – Marines from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, learn skijoring at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center at Bridgeport, Calif. Skijoring is skiing while being towed by animal or motorized vehicle. The Marines began their pre-environmental training and basic mobility training during a 10-day field exercise on January 18, 2014. During the training evolution the Marines will learn skiing, snowshoeing, skijoring, limited cliff assault, endurance at elevation and long-range day and night movements. The Warlords and its attached units are undergoing training at MCMWTC to prepare for the upcoming bilateral NATO training exercise Cold Response, which will take place in March of 2014 in Norway.

Capt. David Kucirka, the intelligence officer for 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, leads a group of Marines during a hike at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif. To gain an expeditionary mindset the Marines and Sailors of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines and Ragnarok Co., 2nd Marine Logistics Company, conducted a 10-day field exercise, which consisted of long range day and night foot movement through extremely rugged terrain with drastic elevation changes and tested the Marines’ endurance. - Capt. David Kucirka, the intelligence officer for 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, leads a group of Marines during a hike at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif. To gain an expeditionary mindset the Marines and Sailors of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines and Ragnarok Co., 2nd Marine Logistics Company, conducted a 10-day field exercise, which consisted of long range day and night foot movement through extremely rugged terrain with drastic elevation changes and tested the Marines’ endurance.

Lieutenant Col. Anthony J. Bango, the commanding officer of 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, thanks Marines, sailors, family and friends for their support and helping him achieve his goals during a change of command ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan.9, 2014. “It is my goal to reset the battalion and have us refocus and train on the mission essential tasks of an LAR Bn. because now we are drawing down from Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom,” said Bango a native of Harrisville, N.Y. - Lieutenant Col. Anthony J. Bango, the commanding officer of 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, thanks Marines, sailors, family and friends for their support and helping him achieve his goals during a change of command ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan.9, 2014. “It is my goal to reset the battalion and have us refocus and train on the mission essential tasks of an LAR Bn. because now we are drawing down from Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom,” said Bango a native of Harrisville, N.Y.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE -- Maj. Chritopher Murphy, the logistics officer for Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and an Amherst, N.H. native, displays the first fiction novel he has written, 'Nashua,' Jan. 9, 2014. The book is a detective novel set in the town of Nashua, the town where Murphy grew up. Murphy was inspired to write a novel while he was a police officer prior to joining the Marine Corps. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE -- Maj. Chritopher Murphy, the logistics officer for Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and an Amherst, N.H. native, displays the first fiction novel he has written, 'Nashua,' Jan. 9, 2014. The book is a detective novel set in the town of Nashua, the town where Murphy grew up. Murphy was inspired to write a novel while he was a police officer prior to joining the Marine Corps.

Corporal Joshua McKee, a Marine with Wounded Warrior Battalion, Wounded Warrior Regiment, a native of Lake Placid, Fla., is congratulated by Brig. Gen. James W. Lukeman, the 2nd Marine Division commanding general, after receiving the Bronze Star Medal with combat distinguishing device during his award ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, Dec. 27. McKee received the medal with a combat distinguishing device for his efforts while serving with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. - Corporal Joshua McKee, a Marine with Wounded Warrior Battalion, Wounded Warrior Regiment, a native of Lake Placid, Fla., is congratulated by Brig. Gen. James W. Lukeman, the 2nd Marine Division commanding general, after receiving the Bronze Star Medal with combat distinguishing device during his award ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, Dec. 27. McKee received the medal with a combat distinguishing device for his efforts while serving with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Navy Lt. Reginald E. Jones, the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment chaplain, and native of DeSoto, Texas, packs canned goods into a box during a community relations project with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, in Greenville, N.C., December 17, 2013. “It was turned into a competition of who can break the boxes down and get the boxes sorted the fastest,” said Jones. “We were packing so fast that they wanted us to go to lunch so they can catch up. We probably did a week’s worth of work in only a few hours.” - Navy Lt. Reginald E. Jones, the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment chaplain, and native of DeSoto, Texas, packs canned goods into a box during a community relations project with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, in Greenville, N.C., December 17, 2013. “It was turned into a competition of who can break the boxes down and get the boxes sorted the fastest,” said Jones. “We were packing so fast that they wanted us to go to lunch so they can catch up. We probably did a week’s worth of work in only a few hours.”

Corporal David S. Corderman, a guitarist with the 2nd Marine Division Band, sings during the 2nd Marine Division Holiday Concert presented by the 2nd Marine Division Band at the base theatre aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Dec. 15, 2013. The concert also streamed live to Marines and sailors supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. “I hope it means a lot to the deployed Marines, just so they know that we are still thinking about them because I know they may feel as if sometimes the rest of the world forgets about them,” said Lance Cpl. Matthew Ramirez, a pianist from Burleson, Texas. “So I hope it brought them some holiday cheer and made them feel a little bit closer to home.” - Corporal David S. Corderman, a guitarist with the 2nd Marine Division Band, sings during the 2nd Marine Division Holiday Concert presented by the 2nd Marine Division Band at the base theatre aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Dec. 15, 2013. The concert also streamed live to Marines and sailors supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. “I hope it means a lot to the deployed Marines, just so they know that we are still thinking about them because I know they may feel as if sometimes the rest of the world forgets about them,” said Lance Cpl. Matthew Ramirez, a pianist from Burleson, Texas. “So I hope it brought them some holiday cheer and made them feel a little bit closer to home.”

Lieutenant Col. Joel F. Schmidt receives the unit’s colors from Lt. Col. Steven M. Wolf, as Schmidt assumes control of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Dec. 10, 2013. Wolf is departing 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines and will attend the College of Naval Warfare in Newport, R.I., and Schmidt is coming from Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command. - Lieutenant Col. Joel F. Schmidt receives the unit’s colors from Lt. Col. Steven M. Wolf, as Schmidt assumes control of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Dec. 10, 2013. Wolf is departing 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines and will attend the College of Naval Warfare in Newport, R.I., and Schmidt is coming from Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell Zink, a physical fitness and nutrition instructor with the 360 training team, instructs Marine sergeants and above within 2nd Marine Division about proper running technique to avoid injuries and maximize efficiency while exercising during a class at the USO in Jacksonville, N.C., Dec. 4, 2013. The week-long Marine 360 Leaders’ Course covered everything form proper physical fitness to dealing with stress after returning from a deployment to help develop leaders within the Marine Corps. - Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell Zink, a physical fitness and nutrition instructor with the 360 training team, instructs Marine sergeants and above within 2nd Marine Division about proper running technique to avoid injuries and maximize efficiency while exercising during a class at the USO in Jacksonville, N.C., Dec. 4, 2013. The week-long Marine 360 Leaders’ Course covered everything form proper physical fitness to dealing with stress after returning from a deployment to help develop leaders within the Marine Corps.

USS NEW YORK- Two V-22 Osprey helicopters land on the USS New York while en-route to the ships new home port, Jacksonville, Fla. on December 5, 2013. The USS New York is on its way to its new home port, Jacksonville, Fla. - USS NEW YORK- Two V-22 Osprey helicopters land on the USS New York while en-route to the ships new home port, Jacksonville, Fla. on December 5, 2013. The USS New York is on its way to its new home port, Jacksonville, Fla.