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Marines of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, take cover while dealing wait a possible Improvised Explosive Device during their Counter-IED training at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain Training Center, aboard Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2010. The Marines spent a week learning how to deal with an IED environment. - Marines of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, take cover while dealing wait a possible Improvised Explosive Device during their Counter-IED training at the Military Operations on Urban Terrain Training Center, aboard Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2010. The Marines spent a week learning how to deal with an IED environment.

Lance Cpl. Richard J. Barron, a canoneer with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, removes the trident bar from an M777 Light Towed Howitzer during a month-long regimental field exercise called Rolling Thunder, aboard Fort Bragg, March 18, 2010. The bar is put on the gun each night after each day’s firing is over to prevent it from functioning, similar to switching the safety on a rifle. - Lance Cpl. Richard J. Barron, a canoneer with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, removes the trident bar from an M777 Light Towed Howitzer during a month-long regimental field exercise called Rolling Thunder, aboard Fort Bragg, March 18, 2010. The bar is put on the gun each night after each day’s firing is over to prevent it from functioning, similar to switching the safety on a rifle.

The number three M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank with Company C, 3rd Tank Platoon, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division fires at a training round on a mechanized vehicle target during a tank gunnery at the SR-10 tank range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 17, 2010. The tank gunnery is a semi annual qualifying exercise where Marines shoot 10 different engagements which grade their accuracy, distribution of fire and overall effectiveness in engaging targets utilizing the techniques they will use in combat. - The number three M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank with Company C, 3rd Tank Platoon, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division fires at a training round on a mechanized vehicle target during a tank gunnery at the SR-10 tank range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 17, 2010. The tank gunnery is a semi annual qualifying exercise where Marines shoot 10 different engagements which grade their accuracy, distribution of fire and overall effectiveness in engaging targets utilizing the techniques they will use in combat.

Army Staff Sgt. Beatriz Alberts, mother of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher S. Baltazar Jr., touches her son’s name that is engraved on the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, memorial wall. Family members, friends, Marines and sailors gathered to remember five Marines and one sailor with 2nd LAR who paid the ultimate sacrifice, during Operation Enduring Freedom, at a memorial service aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune N.C., March 12, 2010. - Army Staff Sgt. Beatriz Alberts, mother of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher S. Baltazar Jr., touches her son’s name that is engraved on the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, memorial wall. Family members, friends, Marines and sailors gathered to remember five Marines and one sailor with 2nd LAR who paid the ultimate sacrifice, during Operation Enduring Freedom, at a memorial service aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune N.C., March 12, 2010.

Cpl. Noah M. Jimmerson, an automotive mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, takes aim at his target on the mechanical pistol range at Stone Bay firing range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. March 3, 2010. Jimmerson had never fired the pistol before participating in the Competition-in-Arms Program. - Cpl. Noah M. Jimmerson, an automotive mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, takes aim at his target on the mechanical pistol range at Stone Bay firing range on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. March 3, 2010. Jimmerson had never fired the pistol before participating in the Competition-in-Arms Program.