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Rifle range shooters and boaters could benefit from a new warning system for anyone caught in the line of fire. Three new Long Range Acoustic Devices, which send automatic warnings to anyone near the danger zones, are planned to come online this summer at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Two LRADs will be used at Kaneohe Bay and another will be in use at Puuloa Rife Range in Ewa Beach. - Rifle range shooters and boaters could benefit from a new warning system for anyone caught in the line of fire. Three new Long Range Acoustic Devices, which send automatic warnings to anyone near the danger zones, are planned to come online this summer at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Two LRADs will be used at Kaneohe Bay and another will be in use at Puuloa Rife Range in Ewa Beach.

Faga’itua native, Wilson “Wiz” Fitiao, is a tatau master and a famous artist in American Samoa. His freehand designs keep him booked with appointments from visitors and locals. He uses a wild pig tusk fitted on a wooden stick to carve and bang ink into the skin of his canvas. - Faga’itua native, Wilson “Wiz” Fitiao, is a tatau master and a famous artist in American Samoa. His freehand designs keep him booked with appointments from visitors and locals. He uses a wild pig tusk fitted on a wooden stick to carve and bang ink into the skin of his canvas.

Lance Cpl. Austin A. Hershaw yells the position of enemy targets to Lance Cpl. Matthew S. Gartung so that he can eliminate them with his 240 Bravo automatic weapon April 29 at the Pohakuloa Training Area. After receiving the instruction, Gartung accurately fired to knock down two of the targets in one burst. - Lance Cpl. Austin A. Hershaw yells the position of enemy targets to Lance Cpl. Matthew S. Gartung so that he can eliminate them with his 240 Bravo automatic weapon April 29 at the Pohakuloa Training Area. After receiving the instruction, Gartung accurately fired to knock down two of the targets in one burst.

Marines prepare to board USS Tortuga, which will require them to take gear and equipment on the gangplank, up and down steep staircases and through narrow passage ways to their berthing areas. The Landing Force, participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2010, embarked on USS Tortuga to Southeast Asian April 28. - Marines prepare to board USS Tortuga, which will require them to take gear and equipment on the gangplank, up and down steep staircases and through narrow passage ways to their berthing areas. The Landing Force, participating in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2010, embarked on USS Tortuga to Southeast Asian April 28.

Lance Cpl. Ethan Eden and Pfc. Ethan P. Usborne send a round down range from their 81 mm mortar tube April 27 at the Pohakuloa Training Area. - Lance Cpl. Ethan Eden and Pfc. Ethan P. Usborne send a round down range from their 81 mm mortar tube April 27 at the Pohakuloa Training Area.

Lance Cpl. Brian Berganza reads chart information to Cpl. David A. Esqueda who puts the information into a Centars device for computing safety. Berganza is a horizontal chart operator and Esqueda is an assistant operations chief. - Lance Cpl. Brian Berganza reads chart information to Cpl. David A. Esqueda who puts the information into a Centars device for computing safety. Berganza is a horizontal chart operator and Esqueda is an assistant operations chief.

Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 Warriors knocked out Patrol Squadron 9 Golden Eagles, 48 - 53, during the championship intramural basketball game at the Semper Fit Center Gymnasium April 26. “We stopped having execution on shots. Everything [the Warriors] threw up was hidden from us. I guess they wanted it more than we did,” said Golden Eagles captain Eric Hamilton. - Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 Warriors knocked out Patrol Squadron 9 Golden Eagles, 48 - 53, during the championship intramural basketball game at the Semper Fit Center Gymnasium April 26. “We stopped having execution on shots. Everything [the Warriors] threw up was hidden from us. I guess they wanted it more than we did,” said Golden Eagles captain Eric Hamilton.

Gunnery Sgt. Pel Jaerith, company maintenance chief, Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, introduces the M2 .50 caliber machine gun to seven-year-old Thomas Yamada during “Scouting in Hawaii’s” 100th anniversary Makahiki Show at Ala Moana Regional Park, April 24. - Gunnery Sgt. Pel Jaerith, company maintenance chief, Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, introduces the M2 .50 caliber machine gun to seven-year-old Thomas Yamada during “Scouting in Hawaii’s” 100th anniversary Makahiki Show at Ala Moana Regional Park, April 24.

Sgt. Jeffrey Velazquez, crew chief, Aircraft, Rescue and Fire Fighting, Marine Corps Air Station has competed in the 2008 Far East Bodybuilding Competition and the 27th Annual Armed Forces Hawaii Bodybuilding Championship among other bodybuilding competitions. - Sgt. Jeffrey Velazquez, crew chief, Aircraft, Rescue and Fire Fighting, Marine Corps Air Station has competed in the 2008 Far East Bodybuilding Competition and the 27th Annual Armed Forces Hawaii Bodybuilding Championship among other bodybuilding competitions.

Sgt. Nathan Cordero received a Navy Achievement Medal April 23. Cordero, a native of Fontana, Calif., was selected as the III Marine Expeditionary Force Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. - Sgt. Nathan Cordero received a Navy Achievement Medal April 23. Cordero, a native of Fontana, Calif., was selected as the III Marine Expeditionary Force Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.