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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Corporal Joseph E. Lechnar, squad leader, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, steadies a rope as his Marine fast ropes out of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. Fast roping allows Marines to quickly enter an area without the need for a landing zone. The technique is often employed during raids, enabling forces to rapidly secure an objective. The battalion is scheduled to deploy next spring as the battalion landing team for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan. Kilo Co. is currently assigned as the helicopter element within the battalion landing team.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Corporal Joseph E. Lechnar, squad leader, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, steadies a rope as his Marine fast ropes out of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. Fast roping allows Marines to quickly enter an area without the need for a landing zone. The technique is often employed during raids, enabling forces to rapidly secure an objective. The battalion is scheduled to deploy next spring as the battalion landing team for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan. Kilo Co. is currently assigned as the helicopter element within the battalion landing team.

Photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Marines serving with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, board a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a fast rope training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. Fast roping allows Marines to quickly enter an area without the need for a landing zone. The technique is often employed during raids, enabling forces to rapidly secure an objective. The battalion is scheduled to deploy next spring as the battalion landing team for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan. Kilo Co. is currently assigned as the helicopter element within the battalion landing team.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Marines serving with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, board a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a fast rope training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. Fast roping allows Marines to quickly enter an area without the need for a landing zone. The technique is often employed during raids, enabling forces to rapidly secure an objective. The battalion is scheduled to deploy next spring as the battalion landing team for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan. Kilo Co. is currently assigned as the helicopter element within the battalion landing team.

Photo by Sgt. Jacob H. Harrer

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, returns for an accountability formation as part of an air contingency battalion recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. The drill required Marines to arrive in two hours at the parade deck and get accountability of their gear. The Marines of First of the First make up the air contingency battalion for the next 30 days and are ready to deploy anywhere in the world at anytime.

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, returns for an accountability formation as part of an air contingency battalion recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. The drill required Marines to arrive in two hours at the parade deck and get accountability of their gear. The Marines of First of the First make up the air contingency battalion for the next 30 days and are ready to deploy anywhere in the world at anytime.

Photo by Sgt. Timothy Lenzo

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, runs to an accountability formation as part of an air contingency battalion recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. The drill gave Marines two hours after they were called to arrive at the parade deck and get accountability of their gear. The Marines of First of the First make up the air contingency battalion for the next 30 days and are ready to deploy anywhere in the world at anytime.

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, runs to an accountability formation as part of an air contingency battalion recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. The drill gave Marines two hours after they were called to arrive at the parade deck and get accountability of their gear. The Marines of First of the First make up the air contingency battalion for the next 30 days and are ready to deploy anywhere in the world at anytime.

Photo by Sgt. Timothy Lenzo

Sergeant Steven Bell, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, participated in the air contingency battalion recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. Bell said for the next 30 days, Marines could be at home eating dinner with their families or out relaxing when they could be called back to deploy within hours. The air contingency battalion is ready to deploy anywhere at a moment's notice.

Sergeant Steven Bell, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, participated in the air contingency battalion recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. Bell said for the next 30 days, Marines could be at home eating dinner with their families or out relaxing when they could be called back to deploy within hours. The air contingency battalion is ready to deploy anywhere at a moment's notice.

Photo by Sgt. Timothy Lenzo

Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, wait for fellow Marines to arrive during a recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. The Marines of First of the First make up the air contingency battalion for the next 30 days. They are on call during that time period, and have two hours to arrive for accountability at the parade deck. They are ready to deploy to anywhere in the world at anytime.

Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, wait for fellow Marines to arrive during a recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. The Marines of First of the First make up the air contingency battalion for the next 30 days. They are on call during that time period, and have two hours to arrive for accountability at the parade deck. They are ready to deploy to anywhere in the world at anytime.

Photo by Sgt. Timothy Lenzo

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, checks his platoon's gear during an accountability formation as part of an air contingency battalion recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. After receiving the recall, Marines had two hours to arrive at the parade deck with their gear and equipment. The battalion is prepared to deploy anywhere for the next 30 days as the air contingency battalion.

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, checks his platoon's gear during an accountability formation as part of an air contingency battalion recall rehearsal aboard the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 26, 2013. After receiving the recall, Marines had two hours to arrive at the parade deck with their gear and equipment. The battalion is prepared to deploy anywhere for the next 30 days as the air contingency battalion.

Photo by Sgt. Timothy Lenzo

Marines and sailors with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, take accountability before boarding a bus for deployment at the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 14, 2013. Marines with the company will provide site security at an embassy in the Middle East. The servicemembers focused on nonlethal training for scenarios similar to rioting civilians prior to their deployment.

Marines and sailors with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, take accountability before boarding a bus for deployment at the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 14, 2013. Marines with the company will provide site security at an embassy in the Middle East. The servicemembers focused on nonlethal training for scenarios similar to rioting civilians prior to their deployment.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Marines and sailors with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, wait to leave for a deployment after saying their last goodbyes to family and friends from the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 14, 2013. Servicemembers with the company spent the last several months training to provide security for an embassy in the Middle East. For many of the Marines, this will be their second deployment in a year. The company returned from Afghanistan during 2012.

Marines and sailors with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, wait to leave for a deployment after saying their last goodbyes to family and friends from the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 14, 2013. Servicemembers with the company spent the last several months training to provide security for an embassy in the Middle East. For many of the Marines, this will be their second deployment in a year. The company returned from Afghanistan during 2012.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Shults, independent duty corpsman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Mt. Sterling, Ky., hugs his son, Lucas, 3, before leaving for a deployment at the parade deck at Camp Horno here, Sept. 14, 2013. Marines with the company will provide site security at an embassy in the Middle East. The servicemembers focused on nonlethal training for scenarios similar to rioting civilians prior to their deployment.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Shults, independent duty corpsman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Mt. Sterling, Ky., hugs his son, Lucas, 3, before leaving for a deployment at the parade deck at Camp Horno here, Sept. 14, 2013. Marines with the company will provide site security at an embassy in the Middle East. The servicemembers focused on nonlethal training for scenarios similar to rioting civilians prior to their deployment.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Families wave goodbye to Marines as buses leave the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept 14, 2013. Servicemembers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, spent the last several months training to provide security for an embassy in the Middle East. For many of the Marines this will be their second deployment in a year. The company returned from Afghanistan during 2012.

Families wave goodbye to Marines as buses leave the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept 14, 2013. Servicemembers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, spent the last several months training to provide security for an embassy in the Middle East. For many of the Marines this will be their second deployment in a year. The company returned from Afghanistan during 2012.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Buses loaded with Marines and sailors with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, wait to depart the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 14, 2013. Servicemembers with the company spent the last several months training to provide security for an embassy in the Middle East. For many of the Marines this will be their second deployment in a year. The company returned from Afghanistan during 2012.

Buses loaded with Marines and sailors with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, wait to depart the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 14, 2013. Servicemembers with the company spent the last several months training to provide security for an embassy in the Middle East. For many of the Marines this will be their second deployment in a year. The company returned from Afghanistan during 2012.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Lance Cpl. Ernesto Menjivar, rifleman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Los Angeles, hugs his wife, Ashley, and daughter, Lucy, before leaving on a deployment at the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 14, 2014. Marines with the company will provide site security at an embassy in the Middle East. The servicemembers focused on nonlethal training for scenarios similar to rioting civilians prior to their deployment.

Lance Cpl. Ernesto Menjivar, rifleman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Los Angeles, hugs his wife, Ashley, and daughter, Lucy, before leaving on a deployment at the Camp Horno parade deck here, Sept. 14, 2014. Marines with the company will provide site security at an embassy in the Middle East. The servicemembers focused on nonlethal training for scenarios similar to rioting civilians prior to their deployment.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Brigadier Gen. John Bullard, right, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, addresses spectators during the Honor Bowl here, Sept. 7, 2013. The Honor Bowl is a two-day event put together by the Honor Group to raise awareness of the sacrifices of servicemembers.

Brigadier Gen. John Bullard, right, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, addresses spectators during the Honor Bowl here, Sept. 7, 2013. The Honor Bowl is a two-day event put together by the Honor Group to raise awareness of the sacrifices of servicemembers.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Brigadier Gen. John Bullard, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, talks to Mark Soto, the founder of the Honor Group before kickoff of the Saturday night football game here, Sept. 7, 2013. Brigadier Gen. Bullard was one of the guests of honor and received the game ball prior to the coin toss. The game was part of the Honor Bowl, a two-day event put together by the Honor Group to raise awareness of the sacrifices of servicemembers.

Brigadier Gen. John Bullard, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, talks to Mark Soto, the founder of the Honor Group before kickoff of the Saturday night football game here, Sept. 7, 2013. Brigadier Gen. Bullard was one of the guests of honor and received the game ball prior to the coin toss. The game was part of the Honor Bowl, a two-day event put together by the Honor Group to raise awareness of the sacrifices of servicemembers.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Lance Cpl. Jason Hallett, receives the game ball from Brig. Gen. John Bullard, right, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and Col. Willard Buhl, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Regiment during the Honor Bowl here, Sept. 7, 2013. Hallett, one of the guests of honor during the event, was injured Oct. 23, 2010, while deployed to Sangin, Afghanistan. The Honor Bowl is a two-day event put together by the Honor Group to raise awareness of the sacrifices of servicemembers.

Lance Cpl. Jason Hallett, receives the game ball from Brig. Gen. John Bullard, right, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and Col. Willard Buhl, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Regiment during the Honor Bowl here, Sept. 7, 2013. Hallett, one of the guests of honor during the event, was injured Oct. 23, 2010, while deployed to Sangin, Afghanistan. The Honor Bowl is a two-day event put together by the Honor Group to raise awareness of the sacrifices of servicemembers.

Photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo

Sergeant Maj. Alberto Ruiz, former sergeant major, 5th Marine Regiment, salutes as the National Anthem is played by the 1st Marine Division Band during a relief, appointment and retirement ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, Sept. 6, 2013. Marines and sailors of the Fighting Fifth bid farewell to Ruiz, who retired after 30 years of service, and welcomed Sgt. Maj. Clifford Wiggins, sergeant major, 5th Marines, during the ceremony. Wiggins served as the sergeant major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion before assuming his current post. Ruiz is a Laredo, Texas, native, and Wiggins is a Cincinnati native.

Sergeant Maj. Alberto Ruiz, former sergeant major, 5th Marine Regiment, salutes as the National Anthem is played by the 1st Marine Division Band during a relief, appointment and retirement ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, Sept. 6, 2013. Marines and sailors of the Fighting Fifth bid farewell to Ruiz, who retired after 30 years of service, and welcomed Sgt. Maj. Clifford Wiggins, sergeant major, 5th Marines, during the ceremony. Wiggins served as the sergeant major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion before assuming his current post. Ruiz is a Laredo, Texas, native, and Wiggins is a Cincinnati native.

Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez

Sergeant Maj. Alberto Ruiz, former sergeant major, 5th Marine Regiment, speaks to guests during a relief, appointment and retirement ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, Sept. 6, 2013. Marines and sailors of the Fighting Fifth bid farewell to Ruiz, who retired after 30 years of service, and welcomed Sgt. Maj. Clifford Wiggins, sergeant major, 5th Marines, during the ceremony. Wiggins served as the sergeant major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion before assuming his current post. Ruiz is a Laredo, Texas, native, and Wiggins is a Cincinnati native.

Sergeant Maj. Alberto Ruiz, former sergeant major, 5th Marine Regiment, speaks to guests during a relief, appointment and retirement ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, Sept. 6, 2013. Marines and sailors of the Fighting Fifth bid farewell to Ruiz, who retired after 30 years of service, and welcomed Sgt. Maj. Clifford Wiggins, sergeant major, 5th Marines, during the ceremony. Wiggins served as the sergeant major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion before assuming his current post. Ruiz is a Laredo, Texas, native, and Wiggins is a Cincinnati native.

Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez

Sergeant Maj. Clifford Wiggins, sergeant major, 5th Marine Regiment, speaks to guests during a relief, appointment and retirement ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, Sept. 6, 2013. Marines and sailors of the Fighting Fifth bid farewell to Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, former sergeant major, 5th Marines, who retired after 30 years of service, and welcomed Clifford during the ceremony. Wiggins served as the sergeant major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion before assuming his current post. Ruiz is a Laredo, Texas, native, and Wiggins is a Cincinnati native.

Sergeant Maj. Clifford Wiggins, sergeant major, 5th Marine Regiment, speaks to guests during a relief, appointment and retirement ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, Sept. 6, 2013. Marines and sailors of the Fighting Fifth bid farewell to Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, former sergeant major, 5th Marines, who retired after 30 years of service, and welcomed Clifford during the ceremony. Wiggins served as the sergeant major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion before assuming his current post. Ruiz is a Laredo, Texas, native, and Wiggins is a Cincinnati native.

Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez

Colonel Jason Bohm, commanding officer, 5th Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Maj. Clifford Wiggins, sergeant major, 5th Marines, congratulate Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, former sergeant major, 5th Marines, after awarding him the Legion of Merit during a relief, appointment and retirement ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, Sept. 6, 2013. Marines and sailors of the Fighting Fifth bid farewell to Ruiz who retired after 30 years of service after relinquishing his post to Wiggins during the ceremony. Wiggins served as the sergeant major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion before assuming his current post. Ruiz is a Laredo, Texas, native, Bohm is an Oyster Bay, N.Y., native, and Wiggins is a Cincinnati native.

Colonel Jason Bohm, commanding officer, 5th Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Maj. Clifford Wiggins, sergeant major, 5th Marines, congratulate Sgt. Maj. Alberto Ruiz, former sergeant major, 5th Marines, after awarding him the Legion of Merit during a relief, appointment and retirement ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, Sept. 6, 2013. Marines and sailors of the Fighting Fifth bid farewell to Ruiz who retired after 30 years of service after relinquishing his post to Wiggins during the ceremony. Wiggins served as the sergeant major of 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion before assuming his current post. Ruiz is a Laredo, Texas, native, Bohm is an Oyster Bay, N.Y., native, and Wiggins is a Cincinnati native.

Photo by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez

1st Marine Division