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)
Lance Cpl. Jeremy Coulon, machine gunner and squad leader, weapons platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, and a San Marcos, Texas, native, patrols through a Tongan village on his way to a vehicle checkpoint training evolution as part of Exercise Tafakula 2013 in Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga, Sept. 10, 2013.(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Lance Cpl. Jeremy Coulon, machine gunner and squad leader, weapons platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, and a San Marcos, Texas, native, patrols through a Tongan village on his way to a vehicle checkpoint training evolution as part of Exercise Tafakula 2013 in Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga, Sept. 10, 2013.(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke)
Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin run with logs over their shoulders alongside infantry platoons from the Tongan Defence Service and the French Armed Forces New Caledonia during a log-run competition as part of Exercise Tafakula 2013 at Taliai Military Camp, Kingdom of Tonga, Sept. 2, 2013. The purpose of the exercise is to enhance interoperability and improve U.S. military-to-military relations with the Tongan Defence Service and the French Armed Forces New Caledonia.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Marines with Marine Rotational Force Darwin run with logs over their shoulders alongside infantry platoons from the Tongan Defence Service and the French Armed Forces New Caledonia during a log-run competition as part of Exercise Tafakula 2013 at Taliai Military Camp, Kingdom of Tonga, Sept. 2, 2013. The purpose of the exercise is to enhance interoperability and improve U.S. military-to-military relations with the Tongan Defence Service and the French Armed Forces New Caledonia.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Knapke)