On Duty: January 20 - January 26
A Marine with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 performs pull-ups to warm up before physical training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Jan. 20, 2012. Ten sergeants with MALS-16 took part in a weekly PT session with SgtMaj Jean-Paul Courville, the squadron sergeant major.
PFC Christopher Johns
SgtMaj Jean-Paul Courville, the squadron sergeant major with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16, demonstrates plyometric push-ups aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Jan. 20, 2012.
PFC Christopher Johns
Japanese soldiers with the Western Army Infantry Regiment, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, conduct amphibious training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Jan. 22, 2012.
Cpl John Robbart III
Marines with Company F, 2d Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, patrol through the desert during the opening phase of Operation Double Check, Musa Qal'eh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Cpl Tommy Bellegarde
Marines from 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, salute during the national anthem at the opening ceremony of Exercise Iron Fist 2012 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 23, 2012. The opening ceremony begins the bilateral training exercise with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force.
LCpl Timothy Childers
Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen James Amos, presented 12 Marines with the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal at the 2011 Commandant of the Marine Corps Combined Awards Program at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Jan. 24, 2012.
Sgt Christopher Zahn
Cpl Nathan Davidson, a fire team leader with Co F, 2/4, patrols through an alleyway in a residential area during the opening phase of Operation Double Check, Musa Qal'eh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Cpl Tommy Bellegarde
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