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Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Pagan, weapons platoon sergeant of Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, reviews a fire team’s performance after a live-fire ambush and reaction drill at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Pagan, 38, is a native of Hartford, Conn.

Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Pagan, weapons platoon sergeant of Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, reviews a fire team’s performance after a live-fire ambush and reaction drill at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Pagan, 38, is a native of Hartford, Conn.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

A fire team from 1st platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, advances toward their downed targets, wrapping up a live-fire ambush and reaction drill at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year, executing live-fire immediate action drills and combat patrols. “We don’t do dry runs before these,” said fire team leader Lance Cpl. Jace Freeman, 21, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “I think that’s excellent. We don’t know what to expect and makes us think on our feet.”

A fire team from 1st platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, advances toward their downed targets, wrapping up a live-fire ambush and reaction drill at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year, executing live-fire immediate action drills and combat patrols. “We don’t do dry runs before these,” said fire team leader Lance Cpl. Jace Freeman, 21, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “I think that’s excellent. We don’t know what to expect and makes us think on our feet.”

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Lance Cpl. Jace Freeman, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fires his M-203 grenade launcher during a live-fire ambush and reaction drill at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days in California, making use of the camp’s rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. “As much as I hate this terrain, I’m glad we’re training on it,” said Freeman, 21, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “It’s difficult to maneuver on, but as we move through, it’s forcing us to work even more as a team, and it gives us an idea of what’s to come in Afghanistan.”

Lance Cpl. Jace Freeman, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fires his M-203 grenade launcher during a live-fire ambush and reaction drill at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days in California, making use of the camp’s rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. “As much as I hate this terrain, I’m glad we’re training on it,” said Freeman, 21, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “It’s difficult to maneuver on, but as we move through, it’s forcing us to work even more as a team, and it gives us an idea of what’s to come in Afghanistan.”

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Cpl. Brian Winkle, a squad leader from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, practices range estimation after a call for fire class at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Winkle, 23, is a native of Athens, Ga.

Cpl. Brian Winkle, a squad leader from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, practices range estimation after a call for fire class at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Winkle, 23, is a native of Athens, Ga.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Sgt. Nixon Jean, 3rd platoon sergeant of Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, watches as one of his fire teams begins their live-fire ambush and reaction drill at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Along with ambush and immediate action drills, the Marines also executed live-fire combat patrols of the area. Jean, 27, is a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Sgt. Nixon Jean, 3rd platoon sergeant of Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, watches as one of his fire teams begins their live-fire ambush and reaction drill at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Along with ambush and immediate action drills, the Marines also executed live-fire combat patrols of the area. Jean, 27, is a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

1st Lt. Craig Bryan, executive officer of Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines on the plan of the day at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent the day running team live-fire ambush and reaction drills in conjunction with a series of classes, on topics ranging from call for fire to heavy machine guns. Company A spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Bryan, 25, is a native of Monte Vista, Colo.

1st Lt. Craig Bryan, executive officer of Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines on the plan of the day at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 18, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent the day running team live-fire ambush and reaction drills in conjunction with a series of classes, on topics ranging from call for fire to heavy machine guns. Company A spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Bryan, 25, is a native of Monte Vista, Colo.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Marines spend some down time relaxing after battle sight zeroing their weapons at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 17, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. While at the camp, the Marines carried out fire team live-fire ambush and reaction drills as well as squad-sized combat patrols.

Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Marines spend some down time relaxing after battle sight zeroing their weapons at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 17, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. While at the camp, the Marines carried out fire team live-fire ambush and reaction drills as well as squad-sized combat patrols.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Lance Cpl. Jarvis Rogers, company clerk, hands out rounds to a Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Marine calibrating his weapon sight at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 17, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. While at the camp, the Marines carried out fire team live-fire ambush and reaction drills as well as squad-sized combat patrols. Rogers, 20, is an Atlanta native.

Lance Cpl. Jarvis Rogers, company clerk, hands out rounds to a Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Marine calibrating his weapon sight at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 17, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. While at the camp, the Marines carried out fire team live-fire ambush and reaction drills as well as squad-sized combat patrols. Rogers, 20, is an Atlanta native.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Lance Cpl. Jarvis Rogers, company clerk, counts rounds for Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Marines calibrating their weapon sights at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 17, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. While at the camp, the Marines carried out fire team live-fire ambush and reaction drills as well as squad-sized combat patrols. Rogers, 20, is an Atlanta native.

Lance Cpl. Jarvis Rogers, company clerk, counts rounds for Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Marines calibrating their weapon sights at the Camp Billy Machen desert warfare training facility in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range in California Oct. 17, 2009. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company spent three days at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year. While at the camp, the Marines carried out fire team live-fire ambush and reaction drills as well as squad-sized combat patrols. Rogers, 20, is an Atlanta native.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

A Marine from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, spins a glow stick on a string to signal a CH-53 helicopter for pick up on the flight line at Fort Huachuca in Tucson, Ariz., during a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

A Marine from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, spins a glow stick on a string to signal a CH-53 helicopter for pick up on the flight line at Fort Huachuca in Tucson, Ariz., during a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, ride aboard a CH-53 helicopter after taking off from the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., for a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, ride aboard a CH-53 helicopter after taking off from the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., for a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, board a CH-53 helicopter on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., for a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, board a CH-53 helicopter on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., for a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, line up on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., before boarding a CH-53 helicopter for a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, line up on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., before boarding a CH-53 helicopter for a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, gear up on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., just prior to beginning a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, gear up on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., just prior to beginning a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard

Lance Cpl. Michael Sawicki, assaultman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, secures his night vision attachment to his Kevlar helmet on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 16, 2009, in preparation of the company’s long-distance night helicopter raid exercise later that evening. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Lance Cpl. Michael Sawicki, assaultman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, secures his night vision attachment to his Kevlar helmet on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 16, 2009, in preparation of the company’s long-distance night helicopter raid exercise later that evening. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard

Sgt. Detren Tate, radio operator with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, programs his radio equipment on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., prior to a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Sgt. Detren Tate, radio operator with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, programs his radio equipment on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., prior to a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard

Air Force Capt. Ryan Corrigan, an exchange pilot, stands next to an F-5N Tiger II of Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 15, 2009. The two-year program is highly competitive among Air Force pilots and affords them the opportunity to train in the various types of air-to-ground operations Marine pilots fly.

Air Force Capt. Ryan Corrigan, an exchange pilot, stands next to an F-5N Tiger II of Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 15, 2009. The two-year program is highly competitive among Air Force pilots and affords them the opportunity to train in the various types of air-to-ground operations Marine pilots fly.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Diamant

Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron commanding officer pins the Air Medal on Search and Rescue corpsman, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Skelton in the SAR hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2009. Skelton, along with SAR HH-1N Huey pilot, Capt. Sean Mitzel and SAR maintenance chief, Master Sgt. Russell Reale received the Air Medal for their actions, which led to the rescue of a fellow SAR air crewman during the Huey helicopter crash here in 2007.

Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron commanding officer pins the Air Medal on Search and Rescue corpsman, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Skelton in the SAR hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2009. Skelton, along with SAR HH-1N Huey pilot, Capt. Sean Mitzel and SAR maintenance chief, Master Sgt. Russell Reale received the Air Medal for their actions, which led to the rescue of a fellow SAR air crewman during the Huey helicopter crash here in 2007.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. William Wiseman reads station Search and Rescue corpsman, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Skelton’s award citation for the Air Medal he received in the SAR hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2009. Skelton, along with SAR HH-1N Huey pilot, Capt. Sean Mitzel and SAR maintenance chief, Master Sgt. Russell Reale received the Air Medal for their actions, which led to the rescue of a fellow SAR air crewman during the Huey helicopter crash here in 2007.

Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. William Wiseman reads station Search and Rescue corpsman, Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Skelton’s award citation for the Air Medal he received in the SAR hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2009. Skelton, along with SAR HH-1N Huey pilot, Capt. Sean Mitzel and SAR maintenance chief, Master Sgt. Russell Reale received the Air Medal for their actions, which led to the rescue of a fellow SAR air crewman during the Huey helicopter crash here in 2007.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Station Search and Rescue HH-1N Huey pilot, Capt. Sean Mitzel receives the Air Medal Oct. 14, 2009, in the SAR hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., for his actions during the SAR helicopter crash in 2007. Mitzel, along with Master Sgt. Russell Reale and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Skelton were awarded the Air Medal by Lt. Col. Robert Ford, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron commanding officer, for the actions they took, which led to the rescue of a fellow SAR air crewman.

Station Search and Rescue HH-1N Huey pilot, Capt. Sean Mitzel receives the Air Medal Oct. 14, 2009, in the SAR hangar at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., for his actions during the SAR helicopter crash in 2007. Mitzel, along with Master Sgt. Russell Reale and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Skelton were awarded the Air Medal by Lt. Col. Robert Ford, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron commanding officer, for the actions they took, which led to the rescue of a fellow SAR air crewman.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma