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An MV-22 Osprey waits for Marines who are coming from a second Osprey after recovering a downed aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

An MV-22 Osprey waits for Marines who are coming from a second Osprey after recovering a downed aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

A Marine with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment awaits an MV-22 Osprey to land during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

A Marine with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment awaits an MV-22 Osprey to land during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment locate a downed aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment locate a downed aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment locate a downed aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment locate a downed aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment locate a downed aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment locate a downed aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment fasten themselves with harnesses on an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment fasten themselves with harnesses on an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment prepare to board an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment prepare to board an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

A Marine with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment talks over a radio while an MV-22 Osprey prepares to take off during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

A Marine with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment talks over a radio while an MV-22 Osprey prepares to take off during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment board an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment board an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment board an MV-22 Osprey during Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment board an MV-22 Osprey during Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Richey, a Marine with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, prepares to board an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Richey, a Marine with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, prepares to board an MV-22 Osprey during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

An MV-22 Osprey flies over Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment who are ready to board it in order to complete a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

An MV-22 Osprey flies over Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment who are ready to board it in order to complete a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The mission was a scenario during the battalions Alternate Mission Rehearsal exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment shoot foreign weapons during a foreign weapons training course aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., November 26. The training familiarized the Marines to weapons they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment shoot foreign weapons during a foreign weapons training course aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., November 26. The training familiarized the Marines to weapons they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment shoot foreign weapons during a foreign weapons training course aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., November 26. The training familiarized the Marines to weapons they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment shoot foreign weapons during a foreign weapons training course aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., November 26. The training familiarized the Marines to weapons they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment shoot foreign weapons during a foreign weapons training course aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., November 26. The training familiarized the Marines to weapons they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment shoot foreign weapons during a foreign weapons training course aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., November 26. The training familiarized the Marines to weapons they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment guards a simulated displacement camp during the units Alternate Mission Rehearsal Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The training scenario prepared the Marines to situations they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment guards a simulated displacement camp during the units Alternate Mission Rehearsal Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The training scenario prepared the Marines to situations they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment guards a simulated displacement camp during the units Alternate Mission Rehearsal Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The training scenario prepared the Marines to situations they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment guards a simulated displacement camp during the units Alternate Mission Rehearsal Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The training scenario prepared the Marines to situations they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment talks to role players during the units Alternate Mission Rehearsal Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The training scenario prepared the Marines to situations they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment talks to role players during the units Alternate Mission Rehearsal Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Upshur, Va., November 26. The training scenario prepared the Marines to situations they may encounter while deployed to countries in Europe and Africa.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Staff Sgt. Mark Bender leads the East Coast Marine Corps Combined Band 2.5 miles through the streets of New York in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2013. Comprised of 80 instrumentalists from the Marine Corps’ three largest east coast installations; Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N. C., the Marines participated for only the second time in the parades 89 year history

Staff Sgt. Mark Bender leads the East Coast Marine Corps Combined Band 2.5 miles through the streets of New York in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2013. Comprised of 80 instrumentalists from the Marine Corps’ three largest east coast installations; Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N. C., the Marines participated for only the second time in the parades 89 year history

Photo by Sgt. A.J. Rasure

The East Coast Marine Corps Combined Band marched 2.5 miles through the streets of New York in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2013. Comprised of 80 instrumentalists from the Marine Corps’ three largest east coast installations; Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N. C., the Marines participated for only the second time in the parades 89 year history.

The East Coast Marine Corps Combined Band marched 2.5 miles through the streets of New York in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2013. Comprised of 80 instrumentalists from the Marine Corps’ three largest east coast installations; Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N. C., the Marines participated for only the second time in the parades 89 year history.

Photo by Sgt. A.J. Rasure