Photos - Page 59

French marine Sgt. Steven Rey, 5th Marine Regiment, prepares to jump off and repel down a cliff July 22 under the supervision of U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Chris Brueggeman, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit assault climbers instructor. French and U.S. Marines participated in an assault climbing course in the rugged terrain of the Arta Range July 19 - 30.

Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano

A U.S. Marine repels down the side of a cliff during an assault climbers course July 22. French and U.S. Marines participated in an assault climbing course in the rugged terrain of the Arta Range July 19 - 30.

Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano

A U.S. Marine repels down the side of a cliff during an assault climbers course July 22. French and U.S. Marines participated in an assault climbing course in the rugged terrain of the Arta Range July 19 - 30.

Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (July 25, 2012) - Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to conduct a sparring match during a Marine Corps Marital Arts Program, or MCMAP, instructor trainer course in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (July 25, 2012) - Gunnery Sgt. Michael Williams, left, the company gunnery sergeant for Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, dodges a punch from Cpl. Charles McDonald, a Van Buren, Ark., native,during a Marine Corps Marital Arts Program, or MCMAP, instructor trainer course in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (July 25, 2012) - Sgt. Anthony Francisco, a Nutley, N.J., native, and combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, grimaces after taking a punch to the ribcage by 1st Sgt. StwardMerillat, a Midland, Mich., native and company first sergeant for Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th MEU during a Marine Corps Marital Arts Program, or MCMAP, instructor trainer course in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (July 25, 2012) - Sgt. Jose Alvarez, a Bronx, N.Y., native and 2nd degree martial arts instructor trainerwith Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, wraps his hands in preparation for a demonstration as part of aMarine Corps Martial Arts Program, or MCMAP, instructor trainer course in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (July 25, 2012) - Sgt. Jose Alvarez, a Bronx, N.Y., native and 2nd degree martial arts instructor trainer with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, delivers classroom instruction to Marines during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, or MCMAP, instructor trainer course in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012.The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Pfc. Jeffrey Tobash, an Allentown, Pa., native and intelligence specialist with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, works on a PowerPoint slideshow in the BLT command operations center aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. Tobash, just three weeks passed his 19th birthday, is the youngest Marine in the 24th MEU, deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by 2nd Lt. Joshua Larson

Pfc. Jeffrey Tobash, an Allentown, Pa., native and intelligence specialist with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, plots a location on a map in the BLT command operations center aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. Tobash, just three weeks passed his 19th birthday, is the youngest Marine in the 24th MEU, deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by 2nd Lt. Joshua Larson

Pfc. Jeffrey Tobash, an Allentown, Pa., native and intelligence specialist with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses for a photograph in the BLT command operations center aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. Tobash, just three weeks passed his 19th birthday, is the youngest Marine in the 24th MEU, deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by 2nd Lt. Joshua Larson

Pfc. Jeffrey Tobash, an Allentown, Pa., native and intelligence specialist with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives a bit of advice from a fellow intelligence Marine, Lance Cpl. Richard Hager, as they build a terrain model aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. Tobash, just three weeks passed his 19th birthday, is the youngest Marine in the 24th MEU, deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by 2nd Lt. Joshua Larson

Pfc. Jeffrey Tobash, an Allentown, Pa., native and intelligence specialist with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses for a photograph in his current living quarters aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. Tobash, just three weeks passed his 19th birthday, is the youngest Marine in the 24th MEU, deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by 2nd Lt. Joshua Larson

Pfc. Jeffrey Tobash, an Allentown, Pa., native and intelligence specialist with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, adds a marker to a terrain model aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 25, 2012. Tobash, just three weeks passed his 19th birthday, is the youngest Marine in the 24th MEU, deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by 2nd Lt. Joshua Larson

Marines with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, post security after offloading from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, July 9, 2012, during a vertical assault training operation at Landing Zone Gerber in Kuwait. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Marines with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, post security after offloading from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, July 9, 2012, during a vertical assault training operation at Landing Zone Gerber in Kuwait. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Sgt. Chad Richardson, an Albany, Ga., native and the platoon sergeant for 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, studies map data during a vertical assault training operation at Landing Zone Gerber in Kuwait, July 9, 2012. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Marines with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, maintain their sectors of fire during a security halt as they patrol toward a simulated objective as part of a vertical assault training operation at Landing Zone Gerber in Kuwait, July 9, 2012. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

A Marine with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives commands to Marines during a vertical assault training operation at Landing Zone Gerber in Kuwait, July 9, 2012. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Marines with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to clear a room, July 9, 2012, during a vertical assault training operation at Landing Zone Gerber in Kuwait. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein