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Marines and guests do the Cha Cha at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach, Aug. 9. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines, Sailors and their families took a day off work to relax on the beach and build unit cohesion.

Marines and guests do the Cha Cha at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach, Aug. 9. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines, Sailors and their families took a day off work to relax on the beach and build unit cohesion.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Two children compete in a limbo contest at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach, Aug. 9. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines, Sailors and their families took a day off work to relax on the beach and build unit cohesion.

Two children compete in a limbo contest at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach, Aug. 9. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines, Sailors and their families took a day off work to relax on the beach and build unit cohesion.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Lance Cpl. Gary Robinson, a small arms technician with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gets a plate of food at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach, Aug. 9. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines, Sailors and their families took a day off work to relax on the beach and build unit cohesion.

Lance Cpl. Gary Robinson, a small arms technician with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gets a plate of food at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach, Aug. 9. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines, Sailors and their families took a day off work to relax on the beach and build unit cohesion.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Marines use an explosive to destroy a window during the Special Operations Training Group’s Method of Entry Course, at the Breacher Pit on Stone Bay, Aug. 5. The two-week course teaches Marines how to overcome obstacles such as doors, fences, and walls through mechanical, thermal, ballistic, and explosive breaching. The Marines in the course are from various units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines use an explosive to destroy a window during the Special Operations Training Group’s Method of Entry Course, at the Breacher Pit on Stone Bay, Aug. 5. The two-week course teaches Marines how to overcome obstacles such as doors, fences, and walls through mechanical, thermal, ballistic, and explosive breaching. The Marines in the course are from various units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Marines discuss the effects of explosives after destroying a door during the Special Operations Training Group’s Method of Entry Course, at the Breacher Pit on Stone Bay, Aug. 5. The two-week course teaches Marines how to overcome obstacles such as doors, fences, and walls through mechanical, thermal, ballistic, and explosive breaching. The Marines in the course are from various units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines discuss the effects of explosives after destroying a door during the Special Operations Training Group’s Method of Entry Course, at the Breacher Pit on Stone Bay, Aug. 5. The two-week course teaches Marines how to overcome obstacles such as doors, fences, and walls through mechanical, thermal, ballistic, and explosive breaching. The Marines in the course are from various units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Marines use an explosive to destroy a door during the Special Operations Training Group’s Method of Entry Course, at the Breacher Pit on Stone Bay, Aug. 5. The two-week course teaches Marines how to overcome obstacles such as doors, fences, and walls through mechanical, thermal, ballistic, and explosive breaching. The Marines in the course are from various units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines use an explosive to destroy a door during the Special Operations Training Group’s Method of Entry Course, at the Breacher Pit on Stone Bay, Aug. 5. The two-week course teaches Marines how to overcome obstacles such as doors, fences, and walls through mechanical, thermal, ballistic, and explosive breaching. The Marines in the course are from various units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Marines assemble an explosive charge during the Special Operations Training Group’s Method of Entry Course, at the Breacher Pit on Stone Bay, Aug. 5. The two-week course teaches Marines how to overcome obstacles such as doors, fences, and walls through mechanical, thermal, ballistic, and explosive breaching. The Marines in the course are from various units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines assemble an explosive charge during the Special Operations Training Group’s Method of Entry Course, at the Breacher Pit on Stone Bay, Aug. 5. The two-week course teaches Marines how to overcome obstacles such as doors, fences, and walls through mechanical, thermal, ballistic, and explosive breaching. The Marines in the course are from various units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Staff Sgt. Philip Burns, a native of Goshen Ohio and infantry unit leader with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST), Company Europe, fast ropes off a UH-1N Huey during the Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique Masters Course at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 3. Fast roping is the fastest HRST method Marines use to insert into areas from helicopters.

Staff Sgt. Philip Burns, a native of Goshen Ohio and infantry unit leader with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST), Company Europe, fast ropes off a UH-1N Huey during the Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique Masters Course at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 3. Fast roping is the fastest HRST method Marines use to insert into areas from helicopters.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Petersheim

A Marine rappels out of a UH-1N Huey during the Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Masters Course at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 2. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September.

A Marine rappels out of a UH-1N Huey during the Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Masters Course at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 2. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Sgt. Christopher Aahus, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, checks a Marine’s knots while acting as a Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master aboard an MV-22 Osprey at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 2. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September.

Sgt. Christopher Aahus, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, checks a Marine’s knots while acting as a Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master aboard an MV-22 Osprey at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 2. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Sgt. Christopher Ahaus, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, checks a Marine’s knots while acting as a Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master aboard an MV-22 Osprey at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 2. In the training each Marine performed the role of HRST Master to insure Marines performed operations safely. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September.

Sgt. Christopher Ahaus, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, checks a Marine’s knots while acting as a Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master aboard an MV-22 Osprey at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 2. In the training each Marine performed the role of HRST Master to insure Marines performed operations safely. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy More, a hospital corpsman with Special Operations Training Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force watches a Marine prepare to rappel out of an MV-22 Osprey, above Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay Aug. 2. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September.

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy More, a hospital corpsman with Special Operations Training Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force watches a Marine prepare to rappel out of an MV-22 Osprey, above Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay Aug. 2. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Capt. Zubah Koweh, the assistant communications officer for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, overcomes an obstacle during a physical training session at an obstacle course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 22, 2011. Koweh, a native of Washington, D.C., was one of approximately 40 Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU’s Command Element who participated in the event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by: Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim/ Released)

Capt. Zubah Koweh, the assistant communications officer for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, overcomes an obstacle during a physical training session at an obstacle course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 22, 2011. Koweh, a native of Washington, D.C., was one of approximately 40 Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU’s Command Element who participated in the event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by: Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim

Staff Sgt. Neil S. Mason, the supply chief for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (left), and Sgt. Christopher Doyon a motor transport mechanic with 24th MEU, give instruction to Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU on how to properly execute the obstacle course during a physical training session on Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 22, 2011. Mason, a native of Cocoa, Fla., and Doyon, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., ensured approximately 40 Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU’s Command Element understood how to overcome each obstacle properly before conducting physical training at the course. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by: Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim/ Released)

Staff Sgt. Neil S. Mason, the supply chief for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (left), and Sgt. Christopher Doyon a motor transport mechanic with 24th MEU, give instruction to Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU on how to properly execute the obstacle course during a physical training session on Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 22, 2011. Mason, a native of Cocoa, Fla., and Doyon, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., ensured approximately 40 Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU’s Command Element understood how to overcome each obstacle properly before conducting physical training at the course. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by: Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice combat marksmanship at Range SR-6, July 18. The battalion is training for an upcoming deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice combat marksmanship at Range SR-6, July 18. The battalion is training for an upcoming deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice combat marksmanship at Range SR-6, July 18. The battalion is training for an upcoming deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice combat marksmanship at Range SR-6, July 18. The battalion is training for an upcoming deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice combat marksmanship at Range SR-6, July 18. The battalion is training for an upcoming deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice combat marksmanship at Range SR-6, July 18. The battalion is training for an upcoming deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, are trained on the processes of running an evacuation control center as part of non-combatant evacuation operation training at Landing Zone Oriole, July 16. The training served as a smaller part of a nine-day training event, July 11-20, to prepare the battalion for compositing with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, are trained on the processes of running an evacuation control center as part of non-combatant evacuation operation training at Landing Zone Oriole, July 16. The training served as a smaller part of a nine-day training event, July 11-20, to prepare the battalion for compositing with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

A solid gold ring baring the Marine Corps emblem, which was purchased by Cpl. Kyle Lichtenberger’s great-grandfather in 1918, rests on top of his acceptance letter from Columbia University in New York, at his home in Jacksonville, N.C. July 15. Kyle is the fourth generation of his family to serve in the Marine Corps. He received the ring on his wedding day January 26, 2008. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo Illustration by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

A solid gold ring baring the Marine Corps emblem, which was purchased by Cpl. Kyle Lichtenberger’s great-grandfather in 1918, rests on top of his acceptance letter from Columbia University in New York, at his home in Jacksonville, N.C. July 15. Kyle is the fourth generation of his family to serve in the Marine Corps. He received the ring on his wedding day January 26, 2008. (Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo Illustration by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein)

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein

Corporal Kyle Lichtenberger poses for a photograph in his home in Jacksonville, N.C. July 15. He has been accepted by Columbia University in New York.

Corporal Kyle Lichtenberger poses for a photograph in his home in Jacksonville, N.C. July 15. He has been accepted by Columbia University in New York.

Photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein