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Lance Cpl. Michael Jackson, a motor transportation operator with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, watches the perimeter of Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz., as a CH-53E Super Stallion awaits evacuees to board during a noncombatant evacuation operation Oct. 23, 2009. The exercise is part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course and takes place in the city of Yuma to provide Marines a realistic urban setting. WTI is hosted biannually at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The Camp Lejeune-based battalion participated in the exercise in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Jackson, 19, is a Baltimore native.(Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka)

Lance Cpl. Michael Jackson, a motor transportation operator with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, watches the perimeter of Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz., as a CH-53E Super Stallion awaits evacuees to board during a noncombatant evacuation operation Oct. 23, 2009. The exercise is part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course and takes place in the city of Yuma to provide Marines a realistic urban setting. WTI is hosted biannually at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The Camp Lejeune-based battalion participated in the exercise in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Jackson, 19, is a Baltimore native.(Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka)

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen C. Fruge, Navy corpsman, defends the perimeter of a landing zone while a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter takes off during a noncombatant evacuation exercise Oct. 23, 2009, in Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz. The exercise is a part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course held twice a year at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The course, run by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, trains Marines from across the globe on the latest aviation tactics and techniques so they can then instruct members of their units. The city of Yuma allows the exercise to be held within city limits, which provides Marines with realistic training. Fruge, a 28-year-old native of Birmingham, Ala. is a member of Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The battalion, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., is training in Yuma for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen C. Fruge, Navy corpsman, defends the perimeter of a landing zone while a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter takes off during a noncombatant evacuation exercise Oct. 23, 2009, in Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz. The exercise is a part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course held twice a year at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The course, run by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, trains Marines from across the globe on the latest aviation tactics and techniques so they can then instruct members of their units. The city of Yuma allows the exercise to be held within city limits, which provides Marines with realistic training. Fruge, a 28-year-old native of Birmingham, Ala. is a member of Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The battalion, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., is training in Yuma for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon

Cpl. Jesse E. Colio, weapon sights repairman, watches the perimeter of a landing zone while a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter lands during a noncombatant evacuation exercise Oct. 23, 2009, in Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz. The exercise is a part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course held twice a year at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The course, run by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, trains Marines from across the globe on the latest aviation tactics and techniques so they can then instruct members of their units. The city of Yuma allows the exercise to be held within city limits, which provides Marines with realistic training. Colio, a 21-year-old native of Modesto, Calif., is a member of Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The battalion, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., is training in Yuma for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

Cpl. Jesse E. Colio, weapon sights repairman, watches the perimeter of a landing zone while a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter lands during a noncombatant evacuation exercise Oct. 23, 2009, in Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz. The exercise is a part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course held twice a year at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The course, run by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, trains Marines from across the globe on the latest aviation tactics and techniques so they can then instruct members of their units. The city of Yuma allows the exercise to be held within city limits, which provides Marines with realistic training. Colio, a 21-year-old native of Modesto, Calif., is a member of Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The battalion, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., is training in Yuma for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon

A Marine with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, runs to post security as Lance Cpl. Michael Jackson, motor transportation operator, watches the perimeter of Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz., as a CH-53E Super Stallion and an Army CH-47 Chinook descend during a noncombatant evacuation operation Oct. 23, 2009. The exercise is part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course and takes place in the city of Yuma to provide Marines a realistic urban setting. WTI is hosted biannually at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. Jackson’s battalion participated in the exercise in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Jackson, 19, is a Baltimore native.

A Marine with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, runs to post security as Lance Cpl. Michael Jackson, motor transportation operator, watches the perimeter of Kiwanis Park in Yuma, Ariz., as a CH-53E Super Stallion and an Army CH-47 Chinook descend during a noncombatant evacuation operation Oct. 23, 2009. The exercise is part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructors course and takes place in the city of Yuma to provide Marines a realistic urban setting. WTI is hosted biannually at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. Jackson’s battalion participated in the exercise in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan early next year. Jackson, 19, is a Baltimore native.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

During their final exercise, two Corporal’s Course students take position on a hill on the Barry M. Goldwater Range Oct. 22, 2009. This was the first Corporal’s Course held at the air station using the revised curriculum mandated throughout the Corps. The 35 students graduated Oct. 23, 2009.

During their final exercise, two Corporal’s Course students take position on a hill on the Barry M. Goldwater Range Oct. 22, 2009. This was the first Corporal’s Course held at the air station using the revised curriculum mandated throughout the Corps. The 35 students graduated Oct. 23, 2009.

Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes

A Corporal’s Course student prepares to engage Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Hagerty, role playing insurgent, Oct. 22, 2009, on the Barry M. Goldwater Range during a field exercise. The class, which graduated Oct. 23, 2009, spent the day patrolling through a mock Middle Eastern village during the course’s final exercise.

A Corporal’s Course student prepares to engage Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Hagerty, role playing insurgent, Oct. 22, 2009, on the Barry M. Goldwater Range during a field exercise. The class, which graduated Oct. 23, 2009, spent the day patrolling through a mock Middle Eastern village during the course’s final exercise.

Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes

Marines practice an air medical evacuation on the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Oct. 22, 2009, as part of the Corporal’s Course final exercise. This course was hosted at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., and was the station’s first Corporal’s Course using the revised curriculum mandated throughout the Corps. The 35 students graduated Oct. 23, 2009. In order to pass, the students here had to master at least seven out of the nine events in the new curriculum.

Marines practice an air medical evacuation on the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Oct. 22, 2009, as part of the Corporal’s Course final exercise. This course was hosted at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., and was the station’s first Corporal’s Course using the revised curriculum mandated throughout the Corps. The 35 students graduated Oct. 23, 2009. In order to pass, the students here had to master at least seven out of the nine events in the new curriculum.

Photo by Cpl. Laura A. Mapes

Lance Cpl. Ben Norville, an armory custodian with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, sprints forward during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Lance Cpl. Ben Norville, an armory custodian with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, sprints forward during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

2nd Lt. Daniel Kapcuik, assistant operations officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines before infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

2nd Lt. Daniel Kapcuik, assistant operations officer with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines before infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Clint Flowers, left, and Rick Leistenr, Penn Neon Sign installers, examine their work after installing the sign for the main entrance of the new Marine Corps exchange at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 19, 2009. Construction for the building began Sept. 20, 2008, and is scheduled to finish Nov. 6. The MCX’s grand opening will run from Nov. 18-21. The new building will house the main exchange, Marine Mart, food court, barber shop, dry cleaners, tailor shop, laundromat, video rental store, GNC, Armed Forces Bank and a tickets and tours center.

Clint Flowers, left, and Rick Leistenr, Penn Neon Sign installers, examine their work after installing the sign for the main entrance of the new Marine Corps exchange at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 19, 2009. Construction for the building began Sept. 20, 2008, and is scheduled to finish Nov. 6. The MCX’s grand opening will run from Nov. 18-21. The new building will house the main exchange, Marine Mart, food court, barber shop, dry cleaners, tailor shop, laundromat, video rental store, GNC, Armed Forces Bank and a tickets and tours center.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Hazard

Cpl. Brandon Legendre, a police sergeant with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, sights in to fire on a target during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Cpl. Brandon Legendre, a police sergeant with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, sights in to fire on a target during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

A Marine from Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, rushes forward as his fellow Marines look on during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

A Marine from Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, rushes forward as his fellow Marines look on during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Lance Cpl. Ben Norville, an armory custodian with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, slides into position during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Lance Cpl. Ben Norville, an armory custodian with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, slides into position during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Lance Cpl. Ben Norville, an armory custodian with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, rushes forward during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Lance Cpl. Ben Norville, an armory custodian with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, rushes forward during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Lance Cpl. Edward Joltnston, left, an infantryman from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, shows Lance Cpl. Shane Palmer and Lance Cpl. Christopher Huenneke of Headquarters and Service Company, the proper layout of a wedge formation during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Lance Cpl. Edward Joltnston, left, an infantryman from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, shows Lance Cpl. Shane Palmer and Lance Cpl. Christopher Huenneke of Headquarters and Service Company, the proper layout of a wedge formation during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Lance Cpl. Jacob Carter, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, squeezes off a round as his Marines advance on targets 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 at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year, holding classes and executing live-fire immediate action drills and combat patrols. ::r::::n::The live-fire drills were all carried out without dry runs, creating an environment of uncertainty for the Marines to train in. “When you do a dry run, you can better scheme your maneuvers,” said Carter, 22, of Lakeland, Fla. “But this gets team leaders to think on the fly and prepares us for combat. The harder we train here, the easier things will be in country.”

Lance Cpl. Jacob Carter, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, squeezes off a round as his Marines advance on targets 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 at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year, holding classes and executing live-fire immediate action drills and combat patrols. ::r::::n::The live-fire drills were all carried out without dry runs, creating an environment of uncertainty for the Marines to train in. “When you do a dry run, you can better scheme your maneuvers,” said Carter, 22, of Lakeland, Fla. “But this gets team leaders to think on the fly and prepares us for combat. The harder we train here, the easier things will be in country.”

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

A Marine from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, lays down suppressive fire as fire team leader Lance Cpl. Jacob Carter shouts commands to his Marines as they advance on targets 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 at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year, holding classes and executing live-fire immediate action drills and combat patrols. The live-fire drills were all carried out without dry runs, creating an environment of uncertainty for the Marines to train in. “When you do a dry run, you can better scheme your maneuvers,” said Carter, 22, of Lakeland, Fla. “But this gets team leaders to think on the fly and prepares us for combat. The harder we train here, the easier things will be in country.”

A Marine from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, lays down suppressive fire as fire team leader Lance Cpl. Jacob Carter shouts commands to his Marines as they advance on targets 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 at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year, holding classes and executing live-fire immediate action drills and combat patrols. The live-fire drills were all carried out without dry runs, creating an environment of uncertainty for the Marines to train in. “When you do a dry run, you can better scheme your maneuvers,” said Carter, 22, of Lakeland, Fla. “But this gets team leaders to think on the fly and prepares us for combat. The harder we train here, the easier things will be in country.”

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Lance Cpl. Jacob Carter, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, shouts commands to his Marines as they advance on targets 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 at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year, holding classes and executing live-fire immediate action drills and combat patrols. The live-fire drills were all carried out without dry runs, creating an environment of uncertainty for the Marines to train in. “When you do a dry run, you can better scheme your maneuvers,” said Carter, 22, of Lakeland, Fla. “But this gets team leaders to think on the fly and prepares us for combat. The harder we train here, the easier things will be in country.”

Lance Cpl. Jacob Carter, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, shouts commands to his Marines as they advance on targets 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 at the camp, making use of its rocky, mountainous terrain to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan early next year, holding classes and executing live-fire immediate action drills and combat patrols. The live-fire drills were all carried out without dry runs, creating an environment of uncertainty for the Marines to train in. “When you do a dry run, you can better scheme your maneuvers,” said Carter, 22, of Lakeland, Fla. “But this gets team leaders to think on the fly and prepares us for combat. The harder we train here, the easier things will be in country.”

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Marines from Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, practice establishing fields of fire during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Marines from Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, practice establishing fields of fire during infantry tactics training at Graze Range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, Oct. 18, 2009. Comprised of Marines with noninfantry specialties, the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based company is preparing to operate as an infantry company during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jakob Schulz

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, listen to instructors giving a class on medium and heavy machine guns 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.

Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, listen to instructors giving a class on medium and heavy machine guns 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.

Photo by Cpl. Pete Zrioka

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma