Navy Capt. Guy Lee, 1st Marine Division chaplain and a San Francisco native, examines rosters of sailors and Marines here, May 14, 2013. Under Marine Administrative Message 075/13, the increases of Military and Family Life Consultants are at no cost to the Marine Corps and solely funded by the Department of Defense. Chaplains and MFLCs work together in a new program that gives Marines and sailors an opportunity to develop coping skills for a variety of military and family challenges with short-term, nonmedical and solution-focused counseling. - Navy Capt. Guy Lee, 1st Marine Division chaplain and a San Francisco native, examines rosters of sailors and Marines here, May 14, 2013. Under Marine Administrative Message 075/13, the increases of Military and Family Life Consultants are at no cost to the Marine Corps and solely funded by the Department of Defense. Chaplains and MFLCs work together in a new program that gives Marines and sailors an opportunity to develop coping skills for a variety of military and family challenges with short-term, nonmedical and solution-focused counseling.

Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, march onto the Camp San Mateo parade deck here on May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel. - Marines and sailors from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, march onto the Camp San Mateo parade deck here on May 13, 2013. Families and friends welcome home their Marines and sailors after an eight-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion has been deployed aboard USS Greenbay, USS Peleliu and USS Dubuque as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force comprised of approximately 2,400 personnel.

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Lockwood, the Afghan National Security Forces Cell chief with Regimental Combat Team 7, and 1st Lt. Jeremy Prout, the Afghan National Security Forces Cell liaison officer, pose for a picture during lunch with the Sangin District Chief of Police. The Marines with the cell provide support to the Security Forces Assistance Advisor Teams through administrative and logistical assistance. - Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Lockwood, the Afghan National Security Forces Cell chief with Regimental Combat Team 7, and 1st Lt. Jeremy Prout, the Afghan National Security Forces Cell liaison officer, pose for a picture during lunch with the Sangin District Chief of Police. The Marines with the cell provide support to the Security Forces Assistance Advisor Teams through administrative and logistical assistance.

Corporal Diego Castaneda, a motor transportation maintenance chief serving with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, grabs a wrench from his tool kit before working on a 7-ton truck during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 3, 2013. Castaneda, a native of Gibbon, Neb., is the only mechanic in the battery and is in charge of keeping more than 40 vehicles properly maintained and running. Captain William Turner, the commanding officer of Golf Battery, said thanks to Castaneda's devotion and hard work, the battery is one of the few in 11th Marines that can commute to and from the Combat Center without vehicles breaking down. - Corporal Diego Castaneda, a motor transportation maintenance chief serving with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, grabs a wrench from his tool kit before working on a 7-ton truck during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 3, 2013. Castaneda, a native of Gibbon, Neb., is the only mechanic in the battery and is in charge of keeping more than 40 vehicles properly maintained and running. Captain William Turner, the commanding officer of Golf Battery, said thanks to Castaneda's devotion and hard work, the battery is one of the few in 11th Marines that can commute to and from the Combat Center without vehicles breaking down.

Sergeant Letty Y. Vazquez, a food service specialist serving with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, serves dinner to Marines with 1st Marine Division during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 1, 2013. Vazquez, a 25-year-old native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, was attached to the division for nearly two weeks to prepare and serve hot meals for more than 600 Marines and sailors. Her team of food service specialists often worked more than 20 hours each day to feed the division.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer) - Sergeant Letty Y. Vazquez, a food service specialist serving with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, serves dinner to Marines with 1st Marine Division during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 1, 2013. Vazquez, a 25-year-old native of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, was attached to the division for nearly two weeks to prepare and serve hot meals for more than 600 Marines and sailors. Her team of food service specialists often worked more than 20 hours each day to feed the division.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer)

Sergeant Christopher Martinez, the operations chief serving with the fire direction center with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, and a native of Orange County, Calif., sends a fire mission to the gunline during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 2, 2013. The FDC receives target data from forward observers and computes it into firing commands for the gunline. The data has to compensate for wind speed, air pressure, temperature, humidity and other weather conditions that will effect the round during its flight. - Sergeant Christopher Martinez, the operations chief serving with the fire direction center with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, and a native of Orange County, Calif., sends a fire mission to the gunline during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 2, 2013. The FDC receives target data from forward observers and computes it into firing commands for the gunline. The data has to compensate for wind speed, air pressure, temperature, humidity and other weather conditions that will effect the round during its flight.

Corporal Gregory Salyer, a gunner serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, spent his entire enlistment serving with the battalion as an artillery man and is nearing the end of his enlisted contract. Only months away from being honorably discharged, Salyer, a native of Independence, Ky. plans to attend college. - Corporal Gregory Salyer, a gunner serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, spent his entire enlistment serving with the battalion as an artillery man and is nearing the end of his enlisted contract. Only months away from being honorably discharged, Salyer, a native of Independence, Ky. plans to attend college.

Lieutenant Col. Thomas Freel, the future operations officer for 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, points out notional enemy locations on a terrain model for a rehearsal of concept drill during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. Desert Scimitar is a combined arms exercise focused on the training and preparation of 1st Marine Division for deployment as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Freel, a native of Grosse Ile, Mich., said the exercise is a return to live-fire combined arms tactics training which has been overshadowed by the focus on counterinsurgency operations training throughout the past decade. The "Fighting Fifth" exercised traditional warfare command and control tactics over infantry, artillery and armored assets during Desert Scimitar. - Lieutenant Col. Thomas Freel, the future operations officer for 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, points out notional enemy locations on a terrain model for a rehearsal of concept drill during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 2, 2013. Desert Scimitar is a combined arms exercise focused on the training and preparation of 1st Marine Division for deployment as the ground combat element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Freel, a native of Grosse Ile, Mich., said the exercise is a return to live-fire combined arms tactics training which has been overshadowed by the focus on counterinsurgency operations training throughout the past decade. The "Fighting Fifth" exercised traditional warfare command and control tactics over infantry, artillery and armored assets during Desert Scimitar.

Private First Class Brandon Emery, an ammunition truck driver serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, loads a high-explosive round onto the back of a seven-ton truck during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 3, 2013. This is the first time in more than a decade the Marine Corps conducted the exercise. - Private First Class Brandon Emery, an ammunition truck driver serving with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, loads a high-explosive round onto the back of a seven-ton truck during Exercise Desert Scimitar here, May 3, 2013. This is the first time in more than a decade the Marine Corps conducted the exercise.

Second Lt. Pascual Eley (right), a fire directions officer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, and a native of Fullerton, Calif., and Sgt. Christopher Martinez, the operations chief with the fire direction center and a native of Orange County, Calif., convert target data into firing commands for the gunline during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 2, 2013. The FDC's job is to take the information given to them by forward observers and compute how wind, air pressure, temperature, humidity and other weather conditions will effect an artillery round while airborne. - Second Lt. Pascual Eley (right), a fire directions officer serving with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, and a native of Fullerton, Calif., and Sgt. Christopher Martinez, the operations chief with the fire direction center and a native of Orange County, Calif., convert target data into firing commands for the gunline during Exercise Desert Scimitar, a combined-arms, live-fire training exercise here, May 2, 2013. The FDC's job is to take the information given to them by forward observers and compute how wind, air pressure, temperature, humidity and other weather conditions will effect an artillery round while airborne.