Marine Attack Squadron 211 flight safety equipment mechanics Lance Cpl. Dominik Adamski, left, and Lance Cpl. Charles Hawkins replace a cockpit on one of the squadron's AV-8B Harriers on the flight line of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska , April 19, 2010. The Yuma-based Marines returned home May 4, 2010, with approximately 165 other VMA-211 Marines after two-and-a-half weeks of aerial warfare training in Exercise Red Flag-Alaska, one of the largest joint-service exercises in the U.S. military. - Marine Attack Squadron 211 flight safety equipment mechanics Lance Cpl. Dominik Adamski, left, and Lance Cpl. Charles Hawkins replace a cockpit on one of the squadron's AV-8B Harriers on the flight line of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska , April 19, 2010. The Yuma-based Marines returned home May 4, 2010, with approximately 165 other VMA-211 Marines after two-and-a-half weeks of aerial warfare training in Exercise Red Flag-Alaska, one of the largest joint-service exercises in the U.S. military.

From left, guitarist Cpl. Eddie Martinez, drummer Cpl. Steven Ybarra, guitarist Cpl. Stephen Case and bassist Carlos Correa of the metal band Earth Station Massacre, practice their songs at Ybarra’s home at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., April 19, 2010, in preparation for the 6th annual Yuma Battle of the Bands. The band will be competing against 13 other bands May 8 for a $500 first prize. - From left, guitarist Cpl. Eddie Martinez, drummer Cpl. Steven Ybarra, guitarist Cpl. Stephen Case and bassist Carlos Correa of the metal band Earth Station Massacre, practice their songs at Ybarra’s home at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., April 19, 2010, in preparation for the 6th annual Yuma Battle of the Bands. The band will be competing against 13 other bands May 8 for a $500 first prize.

Capt. Kevin Smalley, Marine Attack Squadron 211 pilot, demonstrates how to signal aircraft using a mirror and sunlight during survival, evasion, resistance and escape training at the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Alaska April 22, 2010.::r::::n:: - Capt. Kevin Smalley, Marine Attack Squadron 211 pilot, demonstrates how to signal aircraft using a mirror and sunlight during survival, evasion, resistance and escape training at the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Alaska April 22, 2010.::r::::n::

Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, watch CH-53 Super Stallions land at Auxiliary Airfield 2, prior to beginning a helicopter-borne raid on a simulated insurgent camp in the Chocolate Mountains in California, May 3, 2010. Inserting in four different locations, via MV-22 Ospreys, CH-46 Sea Knights and CH-53 Super Stallions, Companies B and C, along with the Weapons Company, assaulted the camp with small-arms fire and rockets. Here supporting the current Weapons and Tactics Instructor course, the Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based unit is also training for a deployment early next year with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. - Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, watch CH-53 Super Stallions land at Auxiliary Airfield 2, prior to beginning a helicopter-borne raid on a simulated insurgent camp in the Chocolate Mountains in California, May 3, 2010. Inserting in four different locations, via MV-22 Ospreys, CH-46 Sea Knights and CH-53 Super Stallions, Companies B and C, along with the Weapons Company, assaulted the camp with small-arms fire and rockets. Here supporting the current Weapons and Tactics Instructor course, the Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based unit is also training for a deployment early next year with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Two Marine Attack Squadron 311 AV-8B Harriers start up at night and prepare to take off from the flight deck of the USS Peleliu April 19, 2010, during the squadron’s final predeployment exercise off the coast of California. Six AV-8B Harriers and approximately 80 squadron Marines left Yuma April 15 to participate in their third and final predeployment training evolution. The exercise, which began April 16 and is scheduled to end April 27, included the entire 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The squadron is slated to deploy to the Pacific and Indian Oceans with the 15th MEU in May. The main body of the squadron deployed to Japan aboard the USS Essex with the 31st MEU in January. The last time the squadron deployed with the 15th MEU was in 2008. - Two Marine Attack Squadron 311 AV-8B Harriers start up at night and prepare to take off from the flight deck of the USS Peleliu April 19, 2010, during the squadron’s final predeployment exercise off the coast of California. Six AV-8B Harriers and approximately 80 squadron Marines left Yuma April 15 to participate in their third and final predeployment training evolution. The exercise, which began April 16 and is scheduled to end April 27, included the entire 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The squadron is slated to deploy to the Pacific and Indian Oceans with the 15th MEU in May. The main body of the squadron deployed to Japan aboard the USS Essex with the 31st MEU in January. The last time the squadron deployed with the 15th MEU was in 2008.