U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Welsh, a team leader from Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2, 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a smoke grenade from the back of a moving Humvee during live-fire training in the Middle East, May 25, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
U.S. Marine Corps Sgts. Ralph A. Cocco, left, and Joel R. Edwards place an M-18A1 Claymore anti-personnel mine during live-fire training in the Middle East, May 25, 2007. The Marines are from Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2, 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. James M. Merritt, a radio operator from Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2, 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires on targets during live-fire training in the Middle East, May 25, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ralph A. Cocco, a pointman from Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2, 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, leads a recon team into position during live-fire training in the Middle East, May 25, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jason L. Huyghe, an assistant team leader from Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2, 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, tosses a smoke grenade during live-fire training in the Middle East, May 25, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ralph A. Cocco, a pointman from Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2, 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires on targets during live-fire training in the Middle East, May 25, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joel R. Edwards, a team leader from Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2, 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, uses a star cluster pyrotechnic to signal a shift in suppressive fire during live-fire training in the Middle East, May 25, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy RossMore photo essays at DefendAmerica
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From left to right, Sgt. Brandon A. VanSickle, Cpl. Phillip Quinones and Cpl. Miguel A. Mendoza, all from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Headquarters Commandant section, break out a tent at a MEU camp in the Middle East May 22, 2007. The Headquarters Commandant section is responsible for attending to virtually every day to day need of MEU living spaces ashore and at sea. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
Lance Cpl. Alexander Garcia (left), from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Intelligence section, and Cpl. Miguel A. Mendoza, a clerk from the MEU's Headquarters Commandant section, break-out a tent at the unit's camp in the Middle East, May 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
From right to left, Cpl. Miguel A. Mendoza and Sgt. Brandon A. VanSickle, both from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Headquarters Commandant section, unroll a tent in the Middle East May 22, as Sgt. Hector J. Cruz, from the MEU's Radio Battalion Detachment, looks on. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
From left to right, Lance Cpl. Jaime Manzo Jr., Lance Cpl. Alexander Garcia, Cpl. Miguel A. Mendoza and Sgt. Hector J. Cruz, all from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Command Element, haul a tent across the unit's camp in the Middle East, May 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross
Lance Cpl. Alexander Garcia, from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Command Element, helps the unit's Headquarters Commandant section erect a tent at a MEU camp in the Middle East, May 22, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeremy Ross






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