A Marine noncommissioned officer with Headquarters Battalion sights in on a target at Range 100, Sep. 9, 2011, during the battalion's monthly NCO challenge. - A Marine noncommissioned officer with Headquarters Battalion sights in on a target at Range 100, Sep. 9, 2011, during the battalion's monthly NCO challenge.
Cpl. Joseph Bishop [right], an ammunition chief and volunteer from Headquarters Battalion, shows the children of Joshua Tree Elementary School the finer points of swinging at the school's playground Sept. 14, 2011. The Marines were there as part of the Adopt-a-School program where the unit could interact with schools in the local community. - Cpl. Joseph Bishop [right], an ammunition chief and volunteer from Headquarters Battalion, shows the children of Joshua Tree Elementary School the finer points of swinging at the school's playground Sept. 14, 2011. The Marines were there as part of the Adopt-a-School program where the unit could interact with schools in the local community.
Dental and hospital corpsmen with the Combat Center dispose of weeds at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9431 yard Sept. 10, 2011, to prevent fire safety hazards. - Dental and hospital corpsmen with the Combat Center dispose of weeds at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9431 yard Sept. 10, 2011, to prevent fire safety hazards.
Lance Cpl. Brandon Lee [front] a machine gunner with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, lays down suppressive fire with his M240G while Lance Cpl. Tyler Connor, a team leader with Co. I, 3/3, directs the machine gun bursts during a platoon size attack at the Combat Center’s Range 410A Sept. 7, 2011. - Lance Cpl. Brandon Lee [front] a machine gunner with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, lays down suppressive fire with his M240G while Lance Cpl. Tyler Connor, a team leader with Co. I, 3/3, directs the machine gun bursts during a platoon size attack at the Combat Center’s Range 410A Sept. 7, 2011.
A simulated rocket propelled grenade cripples a tank with Company A, 1st Tank Battalion, during the clear stage of the Enhanced Mojave Viper training for 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion at range 220 Sept. 5, 2011. ::r::::n:: - A simulated rocket propelled grenade cripples a tank with Company A, 1st Tank Battalion, during the clear stage of the Enhanced Mojave Viper training for 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion at range 220 Sept. 5, 2011. ::r::::n::
[From left] 1st Lt. Joshua Waddell, who received a Bronze Star Medal, 1st Lt. Schyler Newson and Cpl. Zane Kutch, who both received Purple Heart Medals, salute just before being dismissed from an awards ceremony at Liberty Field Sept. 2, 2011. - [From left] 1st Lt. Joshua Waddell, who received a Bronze Star Medal, 1st Lt. Schyler Newson and Cpl. Zane Kutch, who both received Purple Heart Medals, salute just before being dismissed from an awards ceremony at Liberty Field Sept. 2, 2011.