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Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, stand by prior to firing practice Light Anti-Armor Weapon rounds on Range 109. Javelin Thrust is an annual large-scale exercise here which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force.

Photo by Sgt John Odette

Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, rest under shade in between firing practice Light Anti-Armor Weapon rounds on Range 109. Javelin Thrust is an annual large-scale exercise here which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force.

Photo by Sgt John Odette

Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, from Buffalo, N.Y. and soldiers with The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Canadian Forces pose for a photo April 22 following the completion of a small-scale, 48-hour, bilateral exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Canadian Forces. The purpose of the training was to exchange infantry strategies and tactics in efforts to further enhance relationships and interoperability between the two military components. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega)

Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega

Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, based out of Buffalo, N.Y., walk side by side, behind a company of Canadian Soldiers from the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Canadian Forces, based out of Hamilton, Ontario, April 22 during a field hike. The hike took place as part of a small-scale, 48-hour, bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Canadian Forces in efforts to exchange infantry strategies and tactics as well as further enhance relationships and interoperability between the two military components. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega)

Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega

Cpl. Jesse Bieksza, a machine gunner with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, based out of Buffalo, N.Y., performs a function check on a Canadian Forces weapon system, similar to the U.S. Marine Corps’ M240B automatic machine gun during a friendly competition April 22 with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Canadian Forces. The purpose of friendly competition, at the close of the exercise, was to develop camaraderie between the U.S and Canadian military components. The small-scale, 48-hour, bilateral exercise was conducted to exchange infantry strategies and tactics as well as further enhance relationships and interoperability between the two military components. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega)

Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega

Lt. Col. D.R. Stepaniuk, commanding officer, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry from Hamilton, Ontario, speaks to Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, based out of Buffalo, N.Y. and RHLI Canadian Soldiers during a mass formation prior to the start of a small-scale, 48-hour, bilateral exercise between the two militaries April 20-22. The purpose of the training was to exchange infantry strategies and tactics as well as further enhance relationships and interoperability between the two military components. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega)

Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega

A squad of Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, based out of Buffalo, N.Y. anxiously wait to maneuver toward a series of door-breaching obstacles as part of a small scale, bilateral exercise with the Canadian military April 20-22. The purpose of the training was to exchange infantry strategies and tactics as well as further enhance relationships and interoperability between the two military components. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega)

Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega

A fire team of Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, based out of Buffalo, N.Y. and soldiers with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Canadian Forces from Hamilton, Ontario, rush to a series of obstacles during door-breaching training as part of a small scale bilateral exercise with the Canadian military April 20-22. The purpose of the training was to exchange infantry strategies and tactics as well as further enhance relationships and interoperability between the two military components. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega)

Photo by Cpl. Lucas Vega

A scout sniper prepares his shot on target Jan. 24, 2011, during the Mountain Scout Sniper Course at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Anderson

Second Lt. Adam Wivell, a Reserve Marine platoon commander with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, computes a timeline to integrate and deconflict 81mm mortars and close air support during a tactical air control party live-fire exercise in western al-Anbar desert, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2008.

Photo by Capt. Paul L. Greenberg

A motor transport Marine from Motor Transport Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment backs up a 7-ton wrecker to hitch it to a Humvee which broke down during a security patrol outside Al Asad Air Base Dec. 11, 2008. The battalion completed their 7-month tour in Iraq in April 2009.

Photo by Capt. Paul L. Greenberg

A Marine from Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment shares a cup of “chai” tea with a Bedouin shepherd at the Bedouin’s encampment in Iraq’s Al Anbar desert Dec. 11, 2008. The patrol visited the shepherd to record census information while on a routine security patrol of the area surrounding Al Asad Air Base. The leathernecks of Company F spent seven months in Iraq, fulfilling the critical role of base security for Al Asad, one of the Coalition Forces’ largest logistics hubs in the Middle East. The Marines returned home to New York in April, and are preparing for a 2010 deployment to Norway for cold weather training.

Photo by Capt. Paul L. Greenberg

Lt. Col Geoff Rollins (center) pins the new rank insignia of master sergeant on Thomas Carroll during a promotion ceremony here Nov. 1, 2008. Rollins was the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment commanding officer from 2008-2009. Marine Corps Reserve infantry battalions are usually commanded by a reserve lieutenant colonel who deploys with the unit when they mobilize.

Photo by Capt. Paul L. Greenberg

Supported by M1A1 Abrams tanks from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, the infantrymen of 2nd Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, assault an enemy objective during a live-fire combined arms exercise Aug. 14 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Photo by Capt Paul L. Greenberg

Capt. Ryan O’Connor, assistant logistics officer for 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, leaps out of the Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer during the battalion’s pre-deployment training at Mojave Viper Aug. 4, 2008. O’Connor was an Individual Ready Reservist who mobilized for a year to deploy to Iraq with the reserve infantry battalion.

Photo by Capt. Paul Greenberg

Capt. Ryan O'Connor, assistant logistics officer for 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, leaps out of the Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer during the battalion's pre-deployment training at Mojave Viper Aug. 4, 2008. O'Connor was an Individual Ready Reservist who mobilized to deploy to Iraq with the reserve infantry battalion. IRR officers have an array of opportunities to mobilize in support of Marine Forces Reserve exercises and operations.

Photo by Capt. Paul L. Greenberg

Marines from Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, evacuate a simulated casualty to safety during a training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 21, 2008.

Photo by Capt. Paul L. Greenberg.

Marine Corps Reserve Maj. John Fitzsimmons (center), commanding officer of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, leads a patrol in an urban training facility here July 19, 2008. The Marine Corps Reserve offers both short and long-term mobilization opportunities for officers, both stateside and in support of overseas contingency operations.

Photo by Capt. Paul L. Greenberg

Cdr. Dennis McKenna (left), the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment battalion surgeon, briefs Maj. Gen. James Williams, the 4th Marine Division commanding general, at the battalion aid station on Camp Upshur during Williams' March 10, 2008 visit to the reserve unit's annual training here.

Photo by Capt. Paul Greenberg