On Duty: December 31st - January 6th

LtGen Terry G. Robling, left, outgoing III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Bases Japan commanding general, and LtGen Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., incoming III MEF and MCBJ commanding general, salute as troops pass in review during a change of command ceremony Jan. 7, 2011, at the Camp Foster parade deck on Okinawa, Japan.

The III Marine Expeditionary Force Band marches across the parade deck in front of the troops as part of the change of command ceremony Jan. 7, 2011, at Camp Foster on Okinawa, Japan.

Maj Michael Mullins, logistics officer for Task Force Nimruz, Regimental Combat Team 2, and an Afghan police officer scan for an improvised explosive device on the highway running through Delaram, Jan. 3, 2011. Shop owners reported the roadside bomb to Afghan police. Marines helped clear the area until explosive ordnance disposal Marines safely removed and destroyed the IED.

U.S. Army soldiers and Marines walk through rotor wash from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as they move toward a forward operating base in the village of Darrah-I-Bum, Badghis province, Afghanistan Jan. 5, 2011.

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command sergeant major, SgtMaj Bryan Link, stands on machine-gun brass casings and links at a forward operating base in the village of Darrah-I-Bum, Badghis province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2011.

LCpl Sean M. Kirby, 20, communication mentor, Embedded Partnering Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, First Marine Logistics Group (Forward), teaches a class to Afghan National Army soldiers aboard Camp Garm-sher, Afghanistan, Jan. 1, 2011. Marines and sailors with CLB-3's EPT are currently mentoring ANA logistians to operate independently from coalition forces.

Afghan National Army soldiers attend a medical class taught by sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 3's Embedded Partnering Team aboard Camp Garm-sher, Afghanistan, Jan. 1, 2011.

LCpl Bryan O. Brown, heavy equipment operator, Company C, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, First Marine Logistics Group (Forward), holds his certificate after being awarded the Purple Heart during an award ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2011.

LCpl Bryan O. Brown, heavy equipment operator, Company C, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, First Marine Logistics Group (Forward), received the Purple Heart Medal during a ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2011.