Lance Cpl. Ashley Tichensky, a motor-transportation operator with Transportation Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, poses beside her Purple Heart Medal painting at the battalion headquarters building at Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 5, 2016. During the past month, Tichensky spent roughly 15 hours drawing and painting a replica of the medal to represent her battalion’s Marines who have been awarded this military decoration during their service. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kaitlyn V. Klein/Released) - Lance Cpl. Ashley Tichensky, a motor-transportation operator with Transportation Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, poses beside her Purple Heart Medal painting at the battalion headquarters building at Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 5, 2016. During the past month, Tichensky spent roughly 15 hours drawing and painting a replica of the medal to represent her battalion’s Marines who have been awarded this military decoration during their service. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kaitlyn V. Klein/Released)
Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit offload equipment, vehicles and personnel after returning home from deployment at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Apr. 29, 2016. Parachute riggers with 2nd TSB developed their skills by cross-training with landing support specialists. - Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit offload equipment, vehicles and personnel after returning home from deployment at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Apr. 29, 2016. Parachute riggers with 2nd TSB developed their skills by cross-training with landing support specialists.
Spouses and family members climb into the back of 7 tons and go on a short tour of the training area during II Marine Headquarters Group’s: “In Their Boots Day” aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 29, 2016. From eating Meals Ready to Eat to conducting a live fire range, family members and spouses experienced what the Marine Corps is all about. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released) - Spouses and family members climb into the back of 7 tons and go on a short tour of the training area during II Marine Headquarters Group’s: “In Their Boots Day” aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 29, 2016. From eating Meals Ready to Eat to conducting a live fire range, family members and spouses experienced what the Marine Corps is all about. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released)
Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion provide first aid to a simulated trauma victim during a the final scenario of Health Service Augmentation Program training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 22, 2016. HSAP training, a week-long field exercise, is geared towards training medical personnel to function in a shock trauma platoon in a deployed environment. - Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion provide first aid to a simulated trauma victim during a the final scenario of Health Service Augmentation Program training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 22, 2016. HSAP training, a week-long field exercise, is geared towards training medical personnel to function in a shock trauma platoon in a deployed environment.
Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Janez, a career planner with Combat Logistics Regiment 2, swims through one of the deeper mud puddles during the endurance course at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 22, 2016. The unit pushed through the grueling 3.4 mile course to improve their ability to work as a team and to build camaraderie. - Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Janez, a career planner with Combat Logistics Regiment 2, swims through one of the deeper mud puddles during the endurance course at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 22, 2016. The unit pushed through the grueling 3.4 mile course to improve their ability to work as a team and to build camaraderie.
Cpl. Jesse Arthur, a field artillery cannoneer with, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment observes a firing position during a live-fire exercise as part of exercise Saipan Rain at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2016. The battery, based out of Navy Operational Support Center, Richmond, Va., joined forces with 10th Marine Regiment to support operations during the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Cpl. Jesse Arthur, a field artillery cannoneer with, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment observes a firing position during a live-fire exercise as part of exercise Saipan Rain at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2016. The battery, based out of Navy Operational Support Center, Richmond, Va., joined forces with 10th Marine Regiment to support operations during the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, verify the identity of a notionally-displaced citizen at the first station of the Evacuation Control Center during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez) - Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, verify the identity of a notionally-displaced citizen at the first station of the Evacuation Control Center during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)
Staff Sgt. Keith Winkeleer, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with 2nd EOD Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 252, measures the depth and width of a crater caused by a C-4 explosion in Rena, Norway, Feb. 22, 2016, in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 16. The exercise will include 12 NATO allies and partner nations, and approximately 16,000 troops. Marines will train alongside Norwegian EOD specialists to see how they operate in order to become more proficient at working with each other in the future. - Staff Sgt. Keith Winkeleer, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with 2nd EOD Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 252, measures the depth and width of a crater caused by a C-4 explosion in Rena, Norway, Feb. 22, 2016, in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 16. The exercise will include 12 NATO allies and partner nations, and approximately 16,000 troops. Marines will train alongside Norwegian EOD specialists to see how they operate in order to become more proficient at working with each other in the future.
Sgt. Dereck Ford, a technician with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, teaches Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 how to power up and recalibrate a metal detector during an improvised explosive device training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 23, 2016. CLB-2 Marines learned how to recognize signs of an IED and use the detector to identify the type of IED that may be present as they conducted hands-on training in preparation for their upcoming deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron K. Fiala/Released) - Sgt. Dereck Ford, a technician with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, teaches Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 how to power up and recalibrate a metal detector during an improvised explosive device training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 23, 2016. CLB-2 Marines learned how to recognize signs of an IED and use the detector to identify the type of IED that may be present as they conducted hands-on training in preparation for their upcoming deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron K. Fiala/Released)