Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment talk to afghan role players at a vehicle inspection checkpoint, at the Combat Center’s new combined arms, live-fire, Military Operations on Urban Terrain training range here, as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper, Feb. 15, 2011. Vehicle checkpoints provide security and help to prevent vehicle born improvised explosive attacks, while in country. - Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment talk to afghan role players at a vehicle inspection checkpoint, at the Combat Center’s new combined arms, live-fire, Military Operations on Urban Terrain training range here, as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper, Feb. 15, 2011. Vehicle checkpoints provide security and help to prevent vehicle born improvised explosive attacks, while in country.
A military cross for Cpl. Donald Fowler III rests at the front of the chapel during his memorial service Feb. 15, 2011, at the Protestant Chapel. - A military cross for Cpl. Donald Fowler III rests at the front of the chapel during his memorial service Feb. 15, 2011, at the Protestant Chapel.
Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, practice their nighttime standard operating procedures and gun drills Feb. 15, 2011, at the Combat Center’s Lead Mountain Training Area. The team is slated to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit this summer. - Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, practice their nighttime standard operating procedures and gun drills Feb. 15, 2011, at the Combat Center’s Lead Mountain Training Area. The team is slated to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit this summer.
An RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is launched aboard the Combat Center in a test flight at the VMU-1 airfield Feb. 15, 2011. - An RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is launched aboard the Combat Center in a test flight at the VMU-1 airfield Feb. 15, 2011.
Staff Sgt. Elmer Estes, an instructor at the Twentynine Palms Staff Noncommissioned Officers Academy, counsels a Marine in his Sergeants Course class Feb. 15, 2011, in a Sergeants Course barracks. Estes was recently named the Combat Center’s Instructor of the Year. - Staff Sgt. Elmer Estes, an instructor at the Twentynine Palms Staff Noncommissioned Officers Academy, counsels a Marine in his Sergeants Course class Feb. 15, 2011, in a Sergeants Course barracks. Estes was recently named the Combat Center’s Instructor of the Year.
Marines stand “at the ready,” and wait for their virtual targets to appear during training in the Combat Center’s Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer, Feb. 8, 2011. - Marines stand “at the ready,” and wait for their virtual targets to appear during training in the Combat Center’s Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer, Feb. 8, 2011.