Staff Sgt. John Parker, tank mechanic, Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Tank Battalion, waits his turn to give blood at a Community Blood Bank drive at the West Gym Friday. - Staff Sgt. John Parker, tank mechanic, Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Tank Battalion, waits his turn to give blood at a Community Blood Bank drive at the West Gym Friday.
Zack Nelson, a second-grader at Palm Vista Elementary School in Twentynine Palms, Calif., peers down the assistant driver’s hatch during the Wearable Power Prize competition technology showcase and kid’s day at Del Valle Field Friday. - Zack Nelson, a second-grader at Palm Vista Elementary School in Twentynine Palms, Calif., peers down the assistant driver’s hatch during the Wearable Power Prize competition technology showcase and kid’s day at Del Valle Field Friday.
Cpl. Walter Pilkington, a radio operator with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepares his radio in the morning hours of Oct. 2 before taking part in a battalion clear of the Combat Center’s military operations in urban terrain facility at range 215. The Marines and sailors learned census patrols as part of the exercise, which are everyday occurrences in Iraq, and involve patrolling and going house-to-house in order to gain a better knowledge of the local community and surroundings, as well as honed their skills in “precision violence,” which is the idea of isolating a threat and dealing with that threat while specifically minimizing collateral damage.::r::::n::::r::::n:: - Cpl. Walter Pilkington, a radio operator with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepares his radio in the morning hours of Oct. 2 before taking part in a battalion clear of the Combat Center’s military operations in urban terrain facility at range 215. The Marines and sailors learned census patrols as part of the exercise, which are everyday occurrences in Iraq, and involve patrolling and going house-to-house in order to gain a better knowledge of the local community and surroundings, as well as honed their skills in “precision violence,” which is the idea of isolating a threat and dealing with that threat while specifically minimizing collateral damage.::r::::n::::r::::n::
7th Marines Regimental Sgt. Maj. Michael Kufchak, stands with the regimental colors before Lt. Col Michael P. Hubbard relinquishes command of the regiment to Col. Randall P. Newman, during a change-of-command ceremony at the Combat Center’s Torrey L. Gray Field Sept. 30. Hubbard, a native of Lynchburg, Va., assumed command in June, and will continue to serve the regiment as their executive officer. Newman, a native of Economy, Ind., comes to the regiment from the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he served as a military assistant for the executive secretary of the Department of Defense. - 7th Marines Regimental Sgt. Maj. Michael Kufchak, stands with the regimental colors before Lt. Col Michael P. Hubbard relinquishes command of the regiment to Col. Randall P. Newman, during a change-of-command ceremony at the Combat Center’s Torrey L. Gray Field Sept. 30. Hubbard, a native of Lynchburg, Va., assumed command in June, and will continue to serve the regiment as their executive officer. Newman, a native of Economy, Ind., comes to the regiment from the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he served as a military assistant for the executive secretary of the Department of Defense.
David Dew, 155-pound Fight Club 29 member, applies a choke to an opponent during the Grapplers Tournament Extreme at the Army National Guard armory in San Bernardino, Calif., Sept. 27, 2008. Dew, a junior middleweight fighter, fought three opponents and walked away with a gold medal. Two other Fight Club 29 members earned gold that day. - David Dew, 155-pound Fight Club 29 member, applies a choke to an opponent during the Grapplers Tournament Extreme at the Army National Guard armory in San Bernardino, Calif., Sept. 27, 2008. Dew, a junior middleweight fighter, fought three opponents and walked away with a gold medal. Two other Fight Club 29 members earned gold that day.
1st Lt. Adam Felde, the Weapons Platoon commander with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines prior to entering a mock Afghan town for a patrolling mission as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at Range 215 Sept. 20. - 1st Lt. Adam Felde, the Weapons Platoon commander with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, briefs his Marines prior to entering a mock Afghan town for a patrolling mission as part of an Afghanistan-centered Mojave Viper at Range 215 Sept. 20.