A Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, waits in the back of a 7-ton vehicle to start the assault on an objective during a dry run exercise of the battalion assault course, Sept. 15, 2013 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Calif., training area. The battalion has been conducting the combat center's Integrated Training Exercise since Aug. 18 and will be returning home soon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Dietz) - A Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, waits in the back of a 7-ton vehicle to start the assault on an objective during a dry run exercise of the battalion assault course, Sept. 15, 2013 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Calif., training area. The battalion has been conducting the combat center's Integrated Training Exercise since Aug. 18 and will be returning home soon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Dietz)
A mortarman with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, prepares to load an 81 mm mortar tube to provide supporting fire for the infantry platoons taking out simulated enemy targets, Sept. 11, 2013, as part of the air assault course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. The AAC is part of the month-long Integrated Training Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Dietz) - A mortarman with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, prepares to load an 81 mm mortar tube to provide supporting fire for the infantry platoons taking out simulated enemy targets, Sept. 11, 2013, as part of the air assault course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. The AAC is part of the month-long Integrated Training Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Dietz)
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)