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Marines with Headquarters Company, 25th Marine Regiment, stabilize an antenna at Exercise Heavy Metal 2013, here, June 17. The antenna, a Tactical Elevated Antenna Mast System (TEAMS), allows groups of Marines located miles apart to share point-to-point phone service and internet communications. These high-tech antennas are cared for and operated by Marines who practice the military occupational specialty of digital wide-band multi-channel equipment operators. “Communication is key on the battlefield,” said Lt.Col. Charles Long, 6th Motor Transport Battalion inspector instructor and acting commander of the exercise. “This team allows units to move and communicate. We’re able to disperse a satellite system across multiple sites using microwaves instead of running (long lengths) of cable.”

Photo by Sgt. Frans E. Labranche

Chief Hospital Corpsman Raul Valdez, combat lifesaver instructor from 23rd Marine Regiment, out of San Bruno, Calif., explains to the Marines from Company B, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, how to clear the airway of a casualty during the combat lifesaver course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center here, June 17. Integrated Training Exercise 4-13, a cornerstone of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Program, is the largest annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve training exercise.

Photo by Cpl. Adwin Esters

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Cpl. Colin Smith, a combat engineer with Bridge Co. C, from Memphis, hands out pieces of equipment to build a medium girder bridge during a training exercise here, June 11. The process of putting together an MGB can take upwards of 30 Marines and nearly a day to assemble properly

Photo by U.S Marine Corps Cpl. John M. McCall/Released

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion make adjustments to the underside of a medium girder bridge during a training exercise here, June 11. The base of the bridge must be able to hold massive amounts of weight when it is used to create routes across impassable terrain.

Photo by U.S Marine Corps Cpl. John M. McCall/Released

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Marines with Bridge Companies A, B and C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion pose atop a medium girder bridge during a training exercise here, June 11. These Marines worked together late into the night in order to complete the project in a single day.

Photo by U.S Marine Corps Cpl. John M. McCall/Released

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion transport bridge equipment across a lake using an improved ribbon bridge during a training exercise here, June 11. The IRB uses a series of floating platforms to safely transport heavy equipment, supplies and troops across a large body of water.

Photo by U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John M. McCall/Released

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion use a team-lift technique to move a 300 pound piece of bridge equipment during a training exercise here, June 11. Many of the pieces used to put together a medium girder bridge require more than one Marine to effectively move them.

Photo by U.S Marine Corps Cpl. John M. McCall/Released

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion assemble a medium girder bridge during a training exercise here, June 11. Marines participated in a two-week training exercise that covered basic combat engineer capabilities such as: demolition, construction and bridging.

Photo by U.S Marine Corps Cpl. John M. McCall/Released

Inspecting the RQ-11B, Lance Cpl. Thomas G. Dilzer, an intelligence specialist for 1st Marine Division, prepares the unmanned aerial vehicle for a training flight in windy conditions at Camp Pendleton, Calif., February 11, 2011. The RQ-11B, or Raven B, is the only UAV currently also used by the Marines of 25th Marine Regiment. A group of unmanned aerial vehicle operators and support personnel from Headquarters Company, 25th Marine Regiment and 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment ventured out into a snowy morning March 9 to conduct practice flights at Devens Reserve Forces Training Area. The flights mark the first time UAVs have been employed by the regiment.

Photo by Cpl. Tatum Vayavananda

Cpl. Joseph G. Brandstatter, a traffic management specialist with Combat Logistics Company 21, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, teaches Reserve Marines with 4th Landing Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group safety regulations when loading aircraft for deployments aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Dec. 2, 2012. The rules covered situations such as broken fuel lines, full gas tanks and flammable objects flying in aircraft.

Photo by Pfc. Sullivan Laramie

A 6-ton truck with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing is displayed at the 4th MAW recruiting display during the 2012 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show, Oct, 13. Even though 4th MAW is a reserve unit, it trains with the same vehicles and aircraft as its active duty counterpart.

Photo by Pfc. Raquel Barraza

Marines with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, out of Louisiana, unload thousands of pounds of illegal drugs from a vehicle during interdiction operations in southwestern Afghanistan, May 9. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 and 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment supported efforts to disrupt the enemy's drug smuggling operations. Such missions have proven effective in disrupting the enemy's movement and limiting their finances from the illegal drug trade.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Robert Carrasco

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Michael P. Barrett speaks with Personnel Retrieval Platoon (PRP), 2d Marine Logistics Group Forward (2d MLG Fwd), on Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, September 23, 2011. The Commandant and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visit with PRP to commend their work during Operation Enduring Freedom, supporting International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Augusto/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael Augusto

U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James F. Amos meets with Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company (PRP), 2d Marine Logistics Group Forward (2d MLG Fwd), on Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, September 23, 2011. The Commandant and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visit with PRP to commend their work during Operation Enduring Freedom, supporting International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Augusto/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael Augusto

Lance Cpl. Alexander F. Maloof (background), from McLean, Va., and Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Campos (foreground), from Sacramento, Calif., both personnel retrieval and processing specialists with the Personnel Retrieval and Processing Detachment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) fold a flag July 13, 2011, aboard Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. Marines with the Personnel Retrieval and Processing Detachment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to take care their own in Southern Helmand province and bring them home.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bruno J. Bego

Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Tarnue, from Baltimore, Md., a personnel retrieval and processing specialist with the Personnel Retrieval and Processing Detachment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) works on the last details on a transfer case July 13, 2011, aboard Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. Marines with the Personnel Retrieval and Processing Detachment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to take care their own in Southern Helmand province and bring them home.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bruno J. Bego

Lance Cpl. Alexander F. Maloof, from McLean, Va., a personnel retrieval and processing specialist with the Personnel Retrieval and Processing Detachment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) irons a flag July 13, 2011, aboard Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. Marines with the Personnel Retrieval and Processing Detachment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week to take care their own in Southern Helmand province and bring them home.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bruno J. Bego

Marines from Battery O, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division prepare to fire artillery rounds from an M777A2 155 mm howitzer at East Fuji Maneuver Area, Japan Sept. 11. Battery O is in Japan as a part of the Unit Deployment Program, a program designed to increase the training level and unit continuity of Marine Corps units stationed in the continental United States. Realistic scenarios and combined exercises are a highlight of the UDP, bringing Marines of many different units together, sometimes with foreign forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Terence G. Brady/Released)

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Marines with Battery O, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, simulate firing an M240G medium machine gun during a demonstration for local government officials at East Fuji Maneuver Area on mainland Japan Sept. 14. Battery O is currently deployed to Okinawa, Japan as a part of the Unit Deployment Program, a program designed to increase the training level and unit continuity of Marine Corps units stationed in the continental United States. Units with Marine Forces Reserve have honed their skills in the UDP since 2003, and continue to do so, as two squadrons from the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing are set to mobilize for their UDP deployment in 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Terence G. Brady/Released)

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A panel of Marine veterans discusses deployment topics and gives deployment advice to first-time deploying Marines and their families to help them prepare future deployments. The panel was part of a 4th Maintenance Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, pre-and-post deployment conference sponsored by the Yellow Ribbon program May 1, 2011.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Fenton Reese