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Lance Cpl. Jaime Hernandez, an infantryman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, watches two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters fly in to land as Company B creates a perimeter for the landing zone at West Wetlands Park in Yuma, Ariz., during a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise May 7, 2010. The exercise is part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course and takes place in the city of Yuma to provide Marines a realistic urban setting. WTI is hosted semiannually by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1.

Lance Cpl. Jaime Hernandez, an infantryman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, watches two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters fly in to land as Company B creates a perimeter for the landing zone at West Wetlands Park in Yuma, Ariz., during a noncombatant evacuation operation exercise May 7, 2010. The exercise is part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course and takes place in the city of Yuma to provide Marines a realistic urban setting. WTI is hosted semiannually by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1.

Photo by Cpl. Austin Hazard

Marines of 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, load onto CH-53 Super Stallion following 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 of 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, load onto CH-53 Super Stallion following 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Rifleman Lance Cpl. Thomas Meikle, of Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, provides security as a CH-53 Super Stallion descends during a helicopter-borne raid in the Chocolate Mountains in California on 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.

Rifleman Lance Cpl. Thomas Meikle, of Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, provides security as a CH-53 Super Stallion descends during a helicopter-borne raid in the Chocolate Mountains in California on 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Team leader Pfc. Shea Boland, with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, looks down the line as smoke billows behind him, the signal for pick-up, during 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.

Team leader Pfc. Shea Boland, with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, looks down the line as smoke billows behind him, the signal for pick-up, during 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Lance Cpl. Jorge Salazar with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, launches a rocket from an AT-4 during 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.

Lance Cpl. Jorge Salazar with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, launches a rocket from an AT-4 during 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Platoon commander 2nd Lt. Alan Jersey, of Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, fires a rocket from a Shoulder-mounted Multipurpose Assault Weapon during 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.

Platoon commander 2nd Lt. Alan Jersey, of Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, fires a rocket from a Shoulder-mounted Multipurpose Assault Weapon during 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Company B commander 1st Lt. Tyler Tidwell, with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, establishes contact with his troops after landing during 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.

Company B commander 1st Lt. Tyler Tidwell, with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, establishes contact with his troops after landing during 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Chuck Schaaf, Joint Asymmetric Threat Awareness and Counter Improvised Explosive Device homemade explosive course instructor, teaches explosive ordnance disposal Marines about some of the ingredients of homemade explosives at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., May 3, 2010. The Marines received 40 hours of training on homemade explosives, covering ingredients and types of explosives, the week after a homemade device was found in the back of a sport utility vehicle in New York City’s Times Square.

Chuck Schaaf, Joint Asymmetric Threat Awareness and Counter Improvised Explosive Device homemade explosive course instructor, teaches explosive ordnance disposal Marines about some of the ingredients of homemade explosives at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., May 3, 2010. The Marines received 40 hours of training on homemade explosives, covering ingredients and types of explosives, the week after a homemade device was found in the back of a sport utility vehicle in New York City’s Times Square.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Diamant

Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, settle into a MV-22 Osprey on their way to 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, settle into a MV-22 Osprey on their way to 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Rifleman Pfc. Luke Macarthur with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, waits for his ride 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.

Rifleman Pfc. Luke Macarthur with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, waits for his ride 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Sgt. Joseph Aranda, left, Marine Attack Squadron 311 ordnance noncommissioned officer in charge, and Cpl. Aaron McGuire, squadron ordnance technician, look out on San Diego from the deck of the USS Peleliu as the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit returns from its final predeployment exercise April 27, 2010. 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 MEU. The squadron is slated to deploy with the 15th MEU in May, during which it will conduct counter-piracy operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Sgt. Joseph Aranda, left, Marine Attack Squadron 311 ordnance noncommissioned officer in charge, and Cpl. Aaron McGuire, squadron ordnance technician, look out on San Diego from the deck of the USS Peleliu as the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit returns from its final predeployment exercise April 27, 2010. 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 MEU. The squadron is slated to deploy with the 15th MEU in May, during which it will conduct counter-piracy operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Photo by Cpl. Austin Hazard

Staff Sgt. Santa Mercado, Marine Attack Squadron 311 maintenance controller, smiles as the USS Peleliu arrives at San Diego April 27, 2010, after the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s final predeployment exercise. 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 MEU. The squadron is slated to deploy with the 15th MEU in May, during which it will conduct counter-piracy operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Staff Sgt. Santa Mercado, Marine Attack Squadron 311 maintenance controller, smiles as the USS Peleliu arrives at San Diego April 27, 2010, after the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s final predeployment exercise. 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 MEU. The squadron is slated to deploy with the 15th MEU in May, during which it will conduct counter-piracy operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Photo by Cpl. Austin Hazard

Marine Attack Squadron 211 powerline mechanics Lance Cpl. Rene Ramirez, left, and Lance Cpl. Rachelle Carl change a tire on a squadron AV-8B Harrier at the flight line of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 26, 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 powerline mechanics Lance Cpl. Rene Ramirez, left, and Lance Cpl. Rachelle Carl change a tire on a squadron AV-8B Harrier at the flight line of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 26, 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.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison

A pilot with Marine Attack Squadron 311 launches off the deck of the USS Peleliu April 26, 2010, to return to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., at the conclusion of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s final predeployment exercise. 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 MEU. The squadron is slated to deploy with the 15th MEU in May, during which it will conduct counter-piracy operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

A pilot with Marine Attack Squadron 311 launches off the deck of the USS Peleliu April 26, 2010, to return to the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., at the conclusion of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s final predeployment exercise. 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 MEU. The squadron is slated to deploy with the 15th MEU in May, during which it will conduct counter-piracy operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Photo by Cpl. Austin Hazard

Capt. Kevin Smalley, Marine Attack Squadron 211 pilot, navigates through forest to rendezvous with his rescuer during survival, evasion, resistance and escape training at the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Alaska April 22, 2010.

Capt. Kevin Smalley, Marine Attack Squadron 211 pilot, navigates through forest to rendezvous with his rescuer during survival, evasion, resistance and escape training at the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Alaska April 22, 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison

Capt. Kevin Smalley, Marine Attack Squadron 211 pilot, runs across a road to avoid aggressors during survival, evasion, resistance and escape training at the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Alaska April 22, 2010.

Capt. Kevin Smalley, Marine Attack Squadron 211 pilot, runs across a road to avoid aggressors during survival, evasion, resistance and escape training at the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Alaska April 22, 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison

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::

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison

Air Force Staff Sgt. Brooks Steinbacher, right, 353rd Combat Training Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor, advises Capt. Kevin Smalley, Marine Attack Squadron 211 pilot, on his next course of action during SERE training at the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Alaska April 22, 2010.

Air Force Staff Sgt. Brooks Steinbacher, right, 353rd Combat Training Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor, advises Capt. Kevin Smalley, Marine Attack Squadron 211 pilot, on his next course of action during SERE training at the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex in Alaska April 22, 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean Dennison

Capt. Scott Farrar, Marine Attack Squadron 311 pilot, lands as British Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Dougie McKay, an exchange pilot with VMA-311, taxis on the deck of the USS Peleliu after landing April 21, 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.

Capt. Scott Farrar, Marine Attack Squadron 311 pilot, lands as British Royal Air Force Flight Lt. Dougie McKay, an exchange pilot with VMA-311, taxis on the deck of the USS Peleliu after landing April 21, 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.

Photo by Cpl. Austin Hazard

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma