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Staff Sgt. Alfredo Topete (right), Marine Attack Squadron 513 ordnance technician and native of Los Angeles, performs a hip throw on Sgt. Erik Costner, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 calibration technician and native of Buffalo, N.Y., during an exercise called ?bull in the ring? Dec. 7 at Ramada Field here as part of a martial arts instructor training course. ?Bull in the ring? places one Marine in the center of a circle of Marines who then attack the ?bull.? The ?bull? then uses the techniques they have learned to counter the attacks. - Staff Sgt. Alfredo Topete (right), Marine Attack Squadron 513 ordnance technician and native of Los Angeles, performs a hip throw on Sgt. Erik Costner, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 calibration technician and native of Buffalo, N.Y., during an exercise called ?bull in the ring? Dec. 7 at Ramada Field here as part of a martial arts instructor training course. ?Bull in the ring? places one Marine in the center of a circle of Marines who then attack the ?bull.? The ?bull? then uses the techniques they have learned to counter the attacks.

Air station Marines catch a thrill-a-minute ride on the Silver Bullet at Knott?s Berry Farm, Bueno Park, Calif., Nov. 22. The Marines went to the 160-acre amusement park for free as part of the park?s annual ?Veteran?s and Military Tribute,? which ended Thursday. - Air station Marines catch a thrill-a-minute ride on the Silver Bullet at Knott?s Berry Farm, Bueno Park, Calif., Nov. 22. The Marines went to the 160-acre amusement park for free as part of the park?s annual ?Veteran?s and Military Tribute,? which ended Thursday.

Master Gunnery Sgt. Richard L. Williams, Marine Air Control Squadron 1 communications/electronics chief, steers his parachute toward the drop zone inside the Canon Air Defense Complex Dec. 1. MACS-1 Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Tim J. Pierson reenlisted Williams inside a Cessna C-206 before jumping out of the plane and completing the ceremony in mid freefall. - Master Gunnery Sgt. Richard L. Williams, Marine Air Control Squadron 1 communications/electronics chief, steers his parachute toward the drop zone inside the Canon Air Defense Complex Dec. 1. MACS-1 Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Tim J. Pierson reenlisted Williams inside a Cessna C-206 before jumping out of the plane and completing the ceremony in mid freefall.