MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS – Lance Cpl. Justin Rumphrey, a team leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a Loganville, Georgia native, patrols through a simulated village during Exercise Island Viper aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Sept. 29, 2016. Exercise Island Viper is a 3-week-long battalion level training evolution workup that focuses on sharpening the infantry skills of the individual, team and squad. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres) - MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS – Lance Cpl. Justin Rumphrey, a team leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a Loganville, Georgia native, patrols through a simulated village during Exercise Island Viper aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Sept. 29, 2016. Exercise Island Viper is a 3-week-long battalion level training evolution workup that focuses on sharpening the infantry skills of the individual, team and squad. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres)
Lance Cpl. Jorge Briseno (left), 19, a wireman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a San Diego native, and Lance Cpl. Xavier Hall (right), 21, a calibrations noncommissioned officer with 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, and Shelbyville, Ky., native, pose for a photo holding their birthday cake during training exercise Lava Viper, one of the staples of their pre-deployment training, aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 22, 2015. Lava Viper provides the Hawaii-based Marines with an opportunity to conduct various movements, live-fire and tactical training before departing for Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., where the battalion will train and be evaluated as a whole. "Trinity" strives to fight and win on both the tactical and ethical battlefield, always cultivating the values of honor, courage, and commitment, ultimately producing morally guided citizens whose obligations and responsibilities supersede rights and privileges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas) - Lance Cpl. Jorge Briseno (left), 19, a wireman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a San Diego native, and Lance Cpl. Xavier Hall (right), 21, a calibrations noncommissioned officer with 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, and Shelbyville, Ky., native, pose for a photo holding their birthday cake during training exercise Lava Viper, one of the staples of their pre-deployment training, aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 22, 2015. Lava Viper provides the Hawaii-based Marines with an opportunity to conduct various movements, live-fire and tactical training before departing for Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., where the battalion will train and be evaluated as a whole. "Trinity" strives to fight and win on both the tactical and ethical battlefield, always cultivating the values of honor, courage, and commitment, ultimately producing morally guided citizens whose obligations and responsibilities supersede rights and privileges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas)
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Marines gather around the Pacific War Memorial to pose for a photo after finishing their run in support of the Semper Fi Fund on Nov. 15, 2014. The Marines finished the run using partners, each runner rotating around every 3 miles — and each having run around 15 miles in a 24-hour period. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Harley Thomas) - MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Marines gather around the Pacific War Memorial to pose for a photo after finishing their run in support of the Semper Fi Fund on Nov. 15, 2014. The Marines finished the run using partners, each runner rotating around every 3 miles — and each having run around 15 miles in a 24-hour period. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Harley Thomas)
POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii - Lance Cpl. Damon Saunders and Lance Cpl. Bradley Saunder, assaultmen with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fire a Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon while training on Range 10, at Pohakuloa Training Area, Nov. 6, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittney Vella) - POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii - Lance Cpl. Damon Saunders and Lance Cpl. Bradley Saunder, assaultmen with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fire a Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon while training on Range 10, at Pohakuloa Training Area, Nov. 6, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brittney Vella)
Race officials retrieve the first place rubber duckie from the Ala Wai Canal in Honolulu, during the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii’s 27th Annual Great Hawaiian Rubber Duckie Race, March 21, 2014. While the majority of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Marines train at the Mountain Warfare Training Center, in Bridgeport, Calif., Marines in the remain-behind element filled Ala Wai Canal with rubber duckies to support the annual event, which raises money to help people who have cerebral palsy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Race officials retrieve the first place rubber duckie from the Ala Wai Canal in Honolulu, during the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii’s 27th Annual Great Hawaiian Rubber Duckie Race, March 21, 2014. While the majority of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment Marines train at the Mountain Warfare Training Center, in Bridgeport, Calif., Marines in the remain-behind element filled Ala Wai Canal with rubber duckies to support the annual event, which raises money to help people who have cerebral palsy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
Marines with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, use amphibious assault vehicles to tear up the mud in the salvage yard wetland aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii during the annual Mud Ops environmental training exercise, Feb. 19, 2014. The CAC Marines team up with the Environmental Compliance and Protection Department each year to conduct the two to three-day exercise and tear up the mud within the Nuupia Pond Wildlife Management Area and salvage yard wetland to help preserve the comfortable living conditions of the wildlife within the areas. The result of this exercise allows the endangered Hawaiian black-necked stilt to feed and lay nests as well as making water more absorbable in the mud. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Marines with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, use amphibious assault vehicles to tear up the mud in the salvage yard wetland aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii during the annual Mud Ops environmental training exercise, Feb. 19, 2014. The CAC Marines team up with the Environmental Compliance and Protection Department each year to conduct the two to three-day exercise and tear up the mud within the Nuupia Pond Wildlife Management Area and salvage yard wetland to help preserve the comfortable living conditions of the wildlife within the areas. The result of this exercise allows the endangered Hawaiian black-necked stilt to feed and lay nests as well as making water more absorbable in the mud. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
A 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment Savages’ running back sheds a tackle during the intramural championship football game between the Savages and the 3rd Marine Regiment Wolf Pack at Riseley Field, Dec. 9, 2013.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - A 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment Savages’ running back sheds a tackle during the intramural championship football game between the Savages and the 3rd Marine Regiment Wolf Pack at Riseley Field, Dec. 9, 2013.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke)
Brandon Erickson, the quarterback for the 3rd Marine Regiment Wolf Pack runs around the Marine Aircraft Group 24 Bandits’ defense, Dec. 4, 2013, at Riseley Field. The Wolf Pack will face the 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment Savages for the championship title.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Brandon Erickson, the quarterback for the 3rd Marine Regiment Wolf Pack runs around the Marine Aircraft Group 24 Bandits’ defense, Dec. 4, 2013, at Riseley Field. The Wolf Pack will face the 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment Savages for the championship title.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke)
Marines with 3rd Marine Regiment sit around the imu to watch it begin burning during the 27th Annual Thanksgiving Imu at the Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project, Nov. 27, 2013.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Marines with 3rd Marine Regiment sit around the imu to watch it begin burning during the 27th Annual Thanksgiving Imu at the Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project, Nov. 27, 2013.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke)