Cpl. Noel Desantiago (center), squad leader for first platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a 23-year-old native of Porterville, Calif., is carried to safety after being “shot” by opposing forces during a battalion-level training exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Nov. 19, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Cpl. Noel Desantiago (center), squad leader for first platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a 23-year-old native of Porterville, Calif., is carried to safety after being “shot” by opposing forces during a battalion-level training exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Nov. 19, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
Cpl. Kevin Austin, a squad leader with Golf Co., 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines, and 21-year-old native of Allendale, Mich., reads a Medal of Honor citation of a fallen Marine who served with 3rd Marine Regiment during a battalion bike ride to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Nov. 15, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Cpl. Kevin Austin, a squad leader with Golf Co., 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines, and 21-year-old native of Allendale, Mich., reads a Medal of Honor citation of a fallen Marine who served with 3rd Marine Regiment during a battalion bike ride to the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Nov. 15, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
Col. Timothy Winand, commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Maj. Vincent Santiago, 3rd Marine Regiment sergeant major, lead from the front during a six-mile hike around Marine Corps Base Hawaii in honor of the Marine Corps birthday, Nov. 7, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Col. Timothy Winand, commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Maj. Vincent Santiago, 3rd Marine Regiment sergeant major, lead from the front during a six-mile hike around Marine Corps Base Hawaii in honor of the Marine Corps birthday, Nov. 7, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke)
Dave Bryan (right), Marine Air Ground Task Force Integrated Systems Training Center Hawaii command operations center specialist and instructor, and 46-year-old native of Terre Hill, Penn., offers guidance to a Marine with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment during a weeklong simulated training exercise outside the MISTC Hawaii building aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 1, 2013. The training helped Marines become more familiar with processes regarding information being sent from the combat operations center to units in the field. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Dave Bryan (right), Marine Air Ground Task Force Integrated Systems Training Center Hawaii command operations center specialist and instructor, and 46-year-old native of Terre Hill, Penn., offers guidance to a Marine with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment during a weeklong simulated training exercise outside the MISTC Hawaii building aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 1, 2013. The training helped Marines become more familiar with processes regarding information being sent from the combat operations center to units in the field. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
Lesley Floyd, wife of a Marine, runs with ammo cans through the Combat Fitness Test portion of Jane Wayne Day at Boondocker Training Area, Oct. 18, 2013. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Lesley Floyd, wife of a Marine, runs with ammo cans through the Combat Fitness Test portion of Jane Wayne Day at Boondocker Training Area, Oct. 18, 2013. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke)
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)
Lance Cpl. Ryan Lee, team leader with second platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Brandon, Miss., top, explains lateral limits to his junior Marine, Lance Cpl. Cody Morris, an infantry automatic gunner with second platoon, Bravo Co., 1st Bn., 3rd Marines, and 20-year-old native of Long Beach Island, N.J., as he sights through the scope of his rifle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Lance Cpl. Ryan Lee, team leader with second platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Brandon, Miss., top, explains lateral limits to his junior Marine, Lance Cpl. Cody Morris, an infantry automatic gunner with second platoon, Bravo Co., 1st Bn., 3rd Marines, and 20-year-old native of Long Beach Island, N.J., as he sights through the scope of his rifle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)
Lance Cpl. Tyler Higgason, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, holds his daughter, Abbigail, and is embraced by his wife, Kayla, at a homecoming event aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 26, 2013. The company returned from a deployment to Marine Rotational Force Darwin, Australia. While on the deployment, Lima company partook in a number of training exercises with the Australian Defence Force and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit like Exercise Talisman Saber 2013 and Exercise Koolendong. The remainder of the battalion is in Okinawa, Japan as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Lance Cpl. Tyler Higgason, a rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, holds his daughter, Abbigail, and is embraced by his wife, Kayla, at a homecoming event aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 26, 2013. The company returned from a deployment to Marine Rotational Force Darwin, Australia. While on the deployment, Lima company partook in a number of training exercises with the Australian Defence Force and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit like Exercise Talisman Saber 2013 and Exercise Koolendong. The remainder of the battalion is in Okinawa, Japan as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)