(Right to left) Lt. Col. Clay C. Tipton, the incoming commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment; Lt. Col. James B. Woulfe, the departing commander; Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the inbound sergeant major; and Sgt. Maj. James J. McCook, the outbound sergeant major, salute during change of command and relief and appointment ceremonies Aug. 7 at the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field. - (Right to left) Lt. Col. Clay C. Tipton, the incoming commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment; Lt. Col. James B. Woulfe, the departing commander; Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the inbound sergeant major; and Sgt. Maj. James J. McCook, the outbound sergeant major, salute during change of command and relief and appointment ceremonies Aug. 7 at the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field.
Sgt. David J. Lang, a combat engineer with Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, was selected as the noncommissioned officer of the year by the Marine Corps Engineer Association July 9. Lang and his squad found innovative and unconventional ways to accomplish their mission despite being under-manned and under-equipped while deployed to Afghanistan last year.::r::::n:: - Sgt. David J. Lang, a combat engineer with Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, was selected as the noncommissioned officer of the year by the Marine Corps Engineer Association July 9. Lang and his squad found innovative and unconventional ways to accomplish their mission despite being under-manned and under-equipped while deployed to Afghanistan last year.::r::::n::
Lance Cpl. Justin Brock, a student in the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion’s Marine Corps Martial Arts Program gray belt course, stares down his opponent during a pugil sticks match here Aug. 12. Brock, a Loveland, Ohio, native, said this was the first time since boot camp that he has had the chance to participate in pugil sticks.::r::::n:: - Lance Cpl. Justin Brock, a student in the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion’s Marine Corps Martial Arts Program gray belt course, stares down his opponent during a pugil sticks match here Aug. 12. Brock, a Loveland, Ohio, native, said this was the first time since boot camp that he has had the chance to participate in pugil sticks.::r::::n::
Capt. Richard Sharp, a British Royal Marine with the British Operations Training Advisory Group, lays out a plan of entry to a village with Sgt. Chris Young, an infantry assaultman and vehicle commander with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, at Combat Center Range 215 Aug. 11. - Capt. Richard Sharp, a British Royal Marine with the British Operations Training Advisory Group, lays out a plan of entry to a village with Sgt. Chris Young, an infantry assaultman and vehicle commander with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, at Combat Center Range 215 Aug. 11.