A Light Armored Vehicle with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, traverses a road in the Black Top Training Area aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 17, 2016. Various units from 2nd Marine Division participated in Integrated Training Exercise 3-16 in preparation for their deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released) - A Light Armored Vehicle with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, traverses a road in the Black Top Training Area aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 17, 2016. Various units from 2nd Marine Division participated in Integrated Training Exercise 3-16 in preparation for their deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released)
Staff Sgt. Lucan Depas, the Security Platoon commander; 2nd Lt. Nathan Blodgett, the Heavy Equipment Platoon commander; and Sgt. Judd Belford, the HE Platoon sergeant (from left to right), pose in front of their recently created concrete reinforced overwatch tower, which was built during the final field evolution of Exercise Sidewinder — a pre-deployment training exercise for the 8th ESB’s upcoming deployment to Iraq. - Staff Sgt. Lucan Depas, the Security Platoon commander; 2nd Lt. Nathan Blodgett, the Heavy Equipment Platoon commander; and Sgt. Judd Belford, the HE Platoon sergeant (from left to right), pose in front of their recently created concrete reinforced overwatch tower, which was built during the final field evolution of Exercise Sidewinder — a pre-deployment training exercise for the 8th ESB’s upcoming deployment to Iraq.