Cpl. John A. L. Silkey, a heavy equipment mechanic with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, watches over a group of visitors as they struggle to navigate their zodiac on a man-made pool set up for the battalion’s open house aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. Each of the battalion’s six companies set up stations for families and friends, which allowed them to experience some of the things their Marines do to support operations aboard the base. - Cpl. John A. L. Silkey, a heavy equipment mechanic with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, watches over a group of visitors as they struggle to navigate their zodiac on a man-made pool set up for the battalion’s open house aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2012. Each of the battalion’s six companies set up stations for families and friends, which allowed them to experience some of the things their Marines do to support operations aboard the base.

Cpl. Magnus Nnolim, a motor vehicle mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, watches over his wife, Ashdale Nnolim, as she prepares to fire an M-4 carbine during the unit’s Jane Wayne Day activities aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 12, 2012. The live-fire exercise was the first time many of the spouses and family members fired a weapon and allowed them to better understand the daily demands placed on the servicemembers they help to support. - Cpl. Magnus Nnolim, a motor vehicle mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, watches over his wife, Ashdale Nnolim, as she prepares to fire an M-4 carbine during the unit’s Jane Wayne Day activities aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 12, 2012. The live-fire exercise was the first time many of the spouses and family members fired a weapon and allowed them to better understand the daily demands placed on the servicemembers they help to support.