Brig. Gen. Juan G. Ayala, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), addresses the Expeditionary Warfare School students led by Lt. Col. Stevens, communications officer for the 2nd MLG (Fwd), on their first day of class, April 4, 2009. Seventeen Marine officers and staff noncommissioned officers were able to take the regional seminar at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, while working in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunny Sgt. Katesha Washington) - Brig. Gen. Juan G. Ayala, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), addresses the Expeditionary Warfare School students led by Lt. Col. Stevens, communications officer for the 2nd MLG (Fwd), on their first day of class, April 4, 2009. Seventeen Marine officers and staff noncommissioned officers were able to take the regional seminar at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, while working in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunny Sgt. Katesha Washington)