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Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, provides security for a Marine working party aboard an Afghan National Army base near Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2014. Advisor team 2-215 is a mix of active and Reserve Marines, hailing from several different units around the Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Joshua Young) - Sergeant Eddie Glowacki, a generator mechanic with Security Force Assistance Advisor Team 2-215, provides security for a Marine working party aboard an Afghan National Army base near Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2014. Advisor team 2-215 is a mix of active and Reserve Marines, hailing from several different units around the Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Joshua Young)

Marine Reservists in Afghan Theater

With media coverage of Operation Enduring Freedom waning, budget discussions about ending funding to the war in Afghanistan, and focus turning away from the Middle East, U.S. forces are slowly being forgotten in the American conscious. But the fact remains that service members are still hard at work, working with and training Afghan troops and

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Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13.2 radio an inbound MV-22 Osprey during a field training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 16, 2012. The Marines are learning advanced combat medical techniques, advanced driving techniques, methods for training foreign militaries on marksmanship and how to set up and conduct firing ranges to prepare for their upcoming deployment. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released) - Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13.2 radio an inbound MV-22 Osprey during a field training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 16, 2012. The Marines are learning advanced combat medical techniques, advanced driving techniques, methods for training foreign militaries on marksmanship and how to set up and conduct firing ranges to prepare for their upcoming deployment. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Marines prepare to deploy and train African partner nations

More than 130 Marines from 32 different Reserve training centers came together at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. last month to get to know each other and prepare to face the unique challenges presented by operating independently in Africa.“It’s very unlike anything the Marines have gone through for either an Operation Enduring Freedom or

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Cpl. Ryan Costea, a rifleman with Company D, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, listens as Gunnery Sgt. Patrick Foreman, a career planner, explains Costea’s available choices to him in Billings, Mont., Oct. 20, 2012. - Cpl. Ryan Costea, a rifleman with Company D, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, listens as Gunnery Sgt. Patrick Foreman, a career planner, explains Costea’s available choices to him in Billings, Mont., Oct. 20, 2012.

My unit is going away... Now what?

Marines from 2nd and 3rd Platoon, Company D, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, listened to their future options to continue serving in the Marine Corps at a classroom in the Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, Billings, Mont., Oct. 20. Their infantry company is being transformed into a military police company. The move is a result of

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