Lance Cpl. Jeremy Demint, machine gunner with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., rides in a CH-53E Super Stallion toward Kiwanis Park in Yuma Ariz., Oct. 22, 2010, where his fellow Marines will disembark and participate in the noncombatant evacuation operation training exercise held semiannually as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course. - Lance Cpl. Jeremy Demint, machine gunner with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., rides in a CH-53E Super Stallion toward Kiwanis Park in Yuma Ariz., Oct. 22, 2010, where his fellow Marines will disembark and participate in the noncombatant evacuation operation training exercise held semiannually as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course.

Lance Cpl. Dominic Dsouza, Combat Logistics Company 16 motor transportation mechanic, directs an operator while he loads a 7-ton truck with an empty water container at a training site near the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Oct. 18, 2010. The task was part of convoy operations by CLC-16, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 and 17, and 7th Engineering Support Battalion. They supported ground units at various Yuma training sites with food, water, fuel and maintenance personnel. - Lance Cpl. Dominic Dsouza, Combat Logistics Company 16 motor transportation mechanic, directs an operator while he loads a 7-ton truck with an empty water container at a training site near the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Oct. 18, 2010. The task was part of convoy operations by CLC-16, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 and 17, and 7th Engineering Support Battalion. They supported ground units at various Yuma training sites with food, water, fuel and maintenance personnel.

While his wife Jaime looks on, Gunnery Sgt. Tim Clark kisses his infant son Ethan shortly after seeing him for the first time Oct. 15, 2010, when he and 78 other personnel from Marine Air Control Squadron 1 returned home to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., from a more than six month deployment to Afghanistan. Ethan was born in June, while his father served as the senior air director for the squadron's tactical air operations center, which managed airspace in southern Afghanistan for approximately 50,000 flights in seven months. "It's very good to finally meet this little guy," said Clark, who also has a 4-year-old daughter Payton. Both Tim and Jaime are natives of Birmingham, Ala. - While his wife Jaime looks on, Gunnery Sgt. Tim Clark kisses his infant son Ethan shortly after seeing him for the first time Oct. 15, 2010, when he and 78 other personnel from Marine Air Control Squadron 1 returned home to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., from a more than six month deployment to Afghanistan. Ethan was born in June, while his father served as the senior air director for the squadron's tactical air operations center, which managed airspace in southern Afghanistan for approximately 50,000 flights in seven months. "It's very good to finally meet this little guy," said Clark, who also has a 4-year-old daughter Payton. Both Tim and Jaime are natives of Birmingham, Ala.

Cpl. Seth Jacob, Marine Attack Squadron 214 aviation ordnanceman, reads to a group of kindergarten students at C.W. McGraw Elementary School in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 6, 2010. The Blacksheep adopted the school as part of the Adopt-a-School Program. They plan to visit the school every Wednesday to promote literacy and scholastic achievement, and engage in various activities with students from every grade level. - Cpl. Seth Jacob, Marine Attack Squadron 214 aviation ordnanceman, reads to a group of kindergarten students at C.W. McGraw Elementary School in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 6, 2010. The Blacksheep adopted the school as part of the Adopt-a-School Program. They plan to visit the school every Wednesday to promote literacy and scholastic achievement, and engage in various activities with students from every grade level.

Staff Sgt. Robert Farmer, Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 ordnance chief, prepares a high-speed, anti-radiation missile, after mounting it on an EA-6B Prowler jet with the rest of the VMAQ-4 ordnance team at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 8, 2010. Later, the Prowler jets fired nine HARMs at targets in the Pacific Ocean. The squadron specializes in electronic warfare using the HARM, which detects electromagnetic radiation given off by enemy radars or anti-aircraft weapons, and is also the only missile Prowlers launch. - Staff Sgt. Robert Farmer, Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 ordnance chief, prepares a high-speed, anti-radiation missile, after mounting it on an EA-6B Prowler jet with the rest of the VMAQ-4 ordnance team at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 8, 2010. Later, the Prowler jets fired nine HARMs at targets in the Pacific Ocean. The squadron specializes in electronic warfare using the HARM, which detects electromagnetic radiation given off by enemy radars or anti-aircraft weapons, and is also the only missile Prowlers launch.

Fernando Godinez, left, TRAX Test Services maintenance crewman, welds the support brace of a fake radar dish on the top of a target shaped like a radar van at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Sept. 29, 2010, as Alex Ribas, TRAX Test Services maintenance crewman, supports the dish. A five-man team traveled the remote areas of the range inspecting and repairing the hundreds of targets in anticipation of the beginning of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course. TRAX and the station’s Range Maintenance section construct and repair more than 300 targets to provide aviators with a realistic training environment before each WTI. - Fernando Godinez, left, TRAX Test Services maintenance crewman, welds the support brace of a fake radar dish on the top of a target shaped like a radar van at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Sept. 29, 2010, as Alex Ribas, TRAX Test Services maintenance crewman, supports the dish. A five-man team traveled the remote areas of the range inspecting and repairing the hundreds of targets in anticipation of the beginning of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course. TRAX and the station’s Range Maintenance section construct and repair more than 300 targets to provide aviators with a realistic training environment before each WTI.

Col. Anton Nerad, left, Marine Aircraft Group 13 commanding officer, hands Lt. Cmdr. Carl H. Farmer the award warrant for Farmer's Meritorious Service Medal during the chaplain's retirement ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 28, 2010. - Col. Anton Nerad, left, Marine Aircraft Group 13 commanding officer, hands Lt. Cmdr. Carl H. Farmer the award warrant for Farmer's Meritorious Service Medal during the chaplain's retirement ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Sept. 28, 2010.