(From left) Cpl Patrick Rowe, Lance Cpl. Jose Velasquez, Cpl. Edward Huth and Maj. Patrick McKinley, who received Bronze Stars and Lance Cpl. Brian Murphy who received a Purple Heart, stood proud with their awards in hand and medals on their chest at their award ceremony at Felix Field May 27, 2011. - (From left) Cpl Patrick Rowe, Lance Cpl. Jose Velasquez, Cpl. Edward Huth and Maj. Patrick McKinley, who received Bronze Stars and Lance Cpl. Brian Murphy who received a Purple Heart, stood proud with their awards in hand and medals on their chest at their award ceremony at Felix Field May 27, 2011.
Master Gunnery Sgt. Victor Purvis, a battalion motor transport chief with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, holds his 7-year-old daughter, Reagan, moments after returning from a seven-month long deployment to Afghanistan June 1, 2011. - Master Gunnery Sgt. Victor Purvis, a battalion motor transport chief with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, holds his 7-year-old daughter, Reagan, moments after returning from a seven-month long deployment to Afghanistan June 1, 2011.
Major Hans Petter Loeken [left] and Capt. Kay Bjornar Oyas, both officers on the Norwegian defense staff, show their excitement before their first Osprey ride May 10, 2011. The visitors are departing from Miramar to the Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport for their annual orientation tour. - Major Hans Petter Loeken [left] and Capt. Kay Bjornar Oyas, both officers on the Norwegian defense staff, show their excitement before their first Osprey ride May 10, 2011. The visitors are departing from Miramar to the Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport for their annual orientation tour.
Cpl. David Capuzzo, a Military Working Dog handler with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, who is part of the unit’s remain behind element, hugs every deploying Marine as they board the bus enroute to Afghanistan from the Combat Center May 31, 2011. - Cpl. David Capuzzo, a Military Working Dog handler with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, who is part of the unit’s remain behind element, hugs every deploying Marine as they board the bus enroute to Afghanistan from the Combat Center May 31, 2011.
Lieutenant Col. Todd Simmons bids farewell to the Marines of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, at the change of command ceremony at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field May 27, 2011. - Lieutenant Col. Todd Simmons bids farewell to the Marines of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, at the change of command ceremony at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field May 27, 2011.