Crates of explosives and their components sit ready for disassembly and employment by infantry assaultmen with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Crates of explosives and their components sit ready for disassembly and employment by infantry assaultmen with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)
Marines with first platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, dart across a danger area to clear remaining compounds in their area of operation at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Sept. 30, 2013. The Marines conducted Military Operations in Urban Terrain training to enhance skills in urban war fighting. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Marines with first platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, dart across a danger area to clear remaining compounds in their area of operation at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Sept. 30, 2013. The Marines conducted Military Operations in Urban Terrain training to enhance skills in urban war fighting. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)
The machine gunners from each company of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, spent two weeks together for crew served weapons training and conducted their live fire-culminating event at Schofield Barracks, Oct. 8 to 10, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Knotts) - The machine gunners from each company of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, spent two weeks together for crew served weapons training and conducted their live fire-culminating event at Schofield Barracks, Oct. 8 to 10, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Knotts)
Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, make landing in F470 Zodiac Combat Rubber Raid Craft on Pyramid Rock Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 30, 2013. The boat company secured the beach, allowing follow-on forces to conduct an amphibious assault. The battalion is attached to the 13th MEU on a deployment to the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, make landing in F470 Zodiac Combat Rubber Raid Craft on Pyramid Rock Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 30, 2013. The boat company secured the beach, allowing follow-on forces to conduct an amphibious assault. The battalion is attached to the 13th MEU on a deployment to the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)
Sgt. Shamar Jackson, a cannoneer with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, left, calls out repositioning coordinates for their M777 howitzer and the number of artillery shells to launch while Lance Cpl. Thi Nyugen, a cannoneer with Alpha Battery, 1st Bn., 12th Marines, writes down the fire mission during a training exercise at Schofield Barracks, June 11, 2013. Fire missions were sent from command stations behind the firing line, directing the individual teams on each gun coordinates for firing and how many rounds to send downrange. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Sgt. Shamar Jackson, a cannoneer with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, left, calls out repositioning coordinates for their M777 howitzer and the number of artillery shells to launch while Lance Cpl. Thi Nyugen, a cannoneer with Alpha Battery, 1st Bn., 12th Marines, writes down the fire mission during a training exercise at Schofield Barracks, June 11, 2013. Fire missions were sent from command stations behind the firing line, directing the individual teams on each gun coordinates for firing and how many rounds to send downrange. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Lt. Col. Michael Roach, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, addresses guests at the deactivation ceremony for Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, at Dewey Square, May 21, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Wong) - MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Lt. Col. Michael Roach, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, addresses guests at the deactivation ceremony for Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, at Dewey Square, May 21, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Wong)
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII — Lt. Cmdr. Brian Kleyensteuber, a Navy psychiatrist embedded with 3rd Marine Regiment, uses low pulse electricity with acupuncture needles on Sgt. Kevin Ivey, a rifleman with 3rd Marine Regiment. Kleyensteuber provides infantry and artillery Marines with free mental health care through the Operational Stress Control and Readiness program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Christine Cabalo) - MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII — Lt. Cmdr. Brian Kleyensteuber, a Navy psychiatrist embedded with 3rd Marine Regiment, uses low pulse electricity with acupuncture needles on Sgt. Kevin Ivey, a rifleman with 3rd Marine Regiment. Kleyensteuber provides infantry and artillery Marines with free mental health care through the Operational Stress Control and Readiness program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Christine Cabalo)
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - First Sgt. William Pinkerton IV, the Headquarters Battery first sergeant of 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Michael Roach, commanding officer of 1st Bn., 12th Marines during Pinkerton’s Bronze Star Medal with Combat V ceremony, March 18, 2013. Pinkerton received a Bronze Star Medal with Combat V for his efforts supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2010.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - First Sgt. William Pinkerton IV, the Headquarters Battery first sergeant of 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Michael Roach, commanding officer of 1st Bn., 12th Marines during Pinkerton’s Bronze Star Medal with Combat V ceremony, March 18, 2013. Pinkerton received a Bronze Star Medal with Combat V for his efforts supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2010.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke)
POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii - Lance Cpl. Travis Brixey, a field artilleryman with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, and native of Coleman, Texas, pulls the lanyard on a M327 120 mm mortar system during Operation Spartan Fury on Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Feb. 21, 2013. The Alpha Battery Marines used the mortar system for the first time during the training exercise and were mentored by Marines from Bravo Battery to become familiar with the new weaponry. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii - Lance Cpl. Travis Brixey, a field artilleryman with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, and native of Coleman, Texas, pulls the lanyard on a M327 120 mm mortar system during Operation Spartan Fury on Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Feb. 21, 2013. The Alpha Battery Marines used the mortar system for the first time during the training exercise and were mentored by Marines from Bravo Battery to become familiar with the new weaponry. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke)