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A Marine with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, fast ropes from a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a raid exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from the helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. The company conducted the raid as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan this spring.

A Marine with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, fast ropes from a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a raid exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from the helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. The company conducted the raid as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan this spring.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Sierra Vista, Ariz., buries a training mine before a raid training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from UH-1Y Huey Helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. More than 20 Marines in the company were designated as enemy combatants and set up traps and obstacles throughout the town to challenge the assaulting Marines.

Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Sierra Vista, Ariz., buries a training mine before a raid training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from UH-1Y Huey Helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. More than 20 Marines in the company were designated as enemy combatants and set up traps and obstacles throughout the town to challenge the assaulting Marines.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

Marines with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepare to enter a room with possible enemy role players during a raid exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from UH-1Y Huey helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. More than 20 Marines in the company were designated as enemy combatants and set up traps and obstacles throughout the town to challenge the assaulting Marines.

Marines with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepare to enter a room with possible enemy role players during a raid exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from UH-1Y Huey helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. More than 20 Marines in the company were designated as enemy combatants and set up traps and obstacles throughout the town to challenge the assaulting Marines.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

Marines with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, watch as a UH-1Y Huey helicopter flies by during a raid exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from the helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. More than 20 Marines in the company were designated as enemy combatants and set up traps and obstacles throughout the town to challenge the assaulting Marines.

Marines with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, watch as a UH-1Y Huey helicopter flies by during a raid exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from the helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. More than 20 Marines in the company were designated as enemy combatants and set up traps and obstacles throughout the town to challenge the assaulting Marines.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

More than 10 UH-1Y Huey helicopters containing Marines with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, assault a mock town during a raid exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from the helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. The company conducted the raid as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan this spring.

More than 10 UH-1Y Huey helicopters containing Marines with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, assault a mock town during a raid exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. The Animal Co. Marines inserted into a training town by fast roping from the helicopters and engaged enemy role players while a designated team captured a suspected high-ranking insurgent. The company conducted the raid as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan this spring.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, stretches after training at a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Stretching helps Kush recover faster after a rigorous training session. MMA training helps relieve Kush's day-to-day stress of being an infantryman. Kush has been in two MMA fights and has not lost a match.

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, stretches after training at a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Stretching helps Kush recover faster after a rigorous training session. MMA training helps relieve Kush's day-to-day stress of being an infantryman. Kush has been in two MMA fights and has not lost a match.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, takes a quick water break before resuming his training session during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. He said the training is rigorous and requires his body to be constantly hydrated. Kush transfers his skills as a Marine to MMA to better his fighting abilities. He has been training for 10 months and plans on making MMA a career.

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, takes a quick water break before resuming his training session during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. He said the training is rigorous and requires his body to be constantly hydrated. Kush transfers his skills as a Marine to MMA to better his fighting abilities. He has been training for 10 months and plans on making MMA a career.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, takes a quick water break before resuming his training session during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. He said the training is rigorous and requires his body to be constantly hydrated. Kush transfers his skills as a Marine to MMA to better his fighting abilities. He has been training for 10 months and plans on making MMA a career.

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, takes a quick water break before resuming his training session during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. He said the training is rigorous and requires his body to be constantly hydrated. Kush transfers his skills as a Marine to MMA to better his fighting abilities. He has been training for 10 months and plans on making MMA a career.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, stretches after training at a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Stretching helps Kush recover faster after a rigorous training session. MMA training helps relieve Kush's day-to-day stress of being an infantryman. Kush has been in two MMA fights and has not lost a match.

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, stretches after training at a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Stretching helps Kush recover faster after a rigorous training session. MMA training helps relieve Kush's day-to-day stress of being an infantryman. Kush has been in two MMA fights and has not lost a match.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, demonstrates a knee strike during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Kush's experience in the Marine Corps helps prepare him mentally for the challenges of being an MMA fighter. Kush's training has paid off with two wins and zero losses.

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, demonstrates a knee strike during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Kush's experience in the Marine Corps helps prepare him mentally for the challenges of being an MMA fighter. Kush's training has paid off with two wins and zero losses.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, trains with a sparing partner during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Kush said sparring is very important to his training. It develops his skills and shows him what he needs to work on. MMA training helps relieve Kush's day-to-day stress of being an infantryman. Kush has been in two MMA fights and has not lost a match.

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, trains with a sparing partner during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Kush said sparring is very important to his training. It develops his skills and shows him what he needs to work on. MMA training helps relieve Kush's day-to-day stress of being an infantryman. Kush has been in two MMA fights and has not lost a match.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, performs rope training during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Rope training forces the body into constant balance mode as it works to re-stabilize and reposition itself during each ripple of the rope. Kush transfers his skills as a Marine to MMA to better his fighting abilities. He has been training for 10 months and plans on making MMA a career.

Lance Cpl. Oscar Kush, mortarman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, performs rope training during a Mixed Martial Arts class in Oceanside, Calif., Oct. 3, 2013. Rope training forces the body into constant balance mode as it works to re-stabilize and reposition itself during each ripple of the rope. Kush transfers his skills as a Marine to MMA to better his fighting abilities. He has been training for 10 months and plans on making MMA a career.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Lance Cpl. John Verity, a rifleman with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of San Diego, puts fresh vegetation around a hide site during Weapons Tactics Instructors course here, Sept. 25, 2013. Their structure provides 360 degree concealment, maximum fields of observation and protection from weather. Hide sites can vary from temporary two-man sites to permanent structures where teams can rotate through weekly.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Lance Cpl. John Verity, a rifleman with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of San Diego, puts fresh vegetation around a hide site during Weapons Tactics Instructors course here, Sept. 25, 2013. Their structure provides 360 degree concealment, maximum fields of observation and protection from weather. Hide sites can vary from temporary two-man sites to permanent structures where teams can rotate through weekly.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Lance Cpl. John Verity (right), a rifleman with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Sylvester Brooks, a team leader with the platoon, work together to move a rock to the wall of a hide site during Weapons Tactics Instructors course here, Sept. 25, 2013. Their structure provides 360 degree concealment, maximum fields of observation and protection from weather. Hide sites can vary from temporary two-man sites to permanent structures where teams can rotate through weekly.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Lance Cpl. John Verity (right), a rifleman with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Sylvester Brooks, a team leader with the platoon, work together to move a rock to the wall of a hide site during Weapons Tactics Instructors course here, Sept. 25, 2013. Their structure provides 360 degree concealment, maximum fields of observation and protection from weather. Hide sites can vary from temporary two-man sites to permanent structures where teams can rotate through weekly.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, lay inside a hide site after constructing it to test its capacity during Weapons Tactics Instructors course here, Sept. 25, 2013. Hide sites are used as positions for Marines to observe and, if needed, fire from. Their structure provides 360 degree concealment, maximum fields of observation and protection from weather.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, lay inside a hide site after constructing it to test its capacity during Weapons Tactics Instructors course here, Sept. 25, 2013. Hide sites are used as positions for Marines to observe and, if needed, fire from. Their structure provides 360 degree concealment, maximum fields of observation and protection from weather.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Scanlan

Staff Sgt. Aaron Serna, lead nonlethal weapons instructor, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, sprays Cpl. Benjamin Friday, fire team leader, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, with pepper spray during a nonlethal weapons training course here, Oct. 1, 2013. Marines with Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Serna is a native of Pomona, Calif., and Friday is a native of Springfield, Ill.

Staff Sgt. Aaron Serna, lead nonlethal weapons instructor, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, sprays Cpl. Benjamin Friday, fire team leader, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, with pepper spray during a nonlethal weapons training course here, Oct. 1, 2013. Marines with Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Serna is a native of Pomona, Calif., and Friday is a native of Springfield, Ill.

Photo by Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes

With a face covered in pepper spray, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Vanhoorebeke, rifleman, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, delivers a knee strike to a punching bag simulating an aggressor during a nonlethal weapons training course here, Oct. 1, 2013. Marines with Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Vanhoorebeke is a native of Mount Vernon, Ill.

With a face covered in pepper spray, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Vanhoorebeke, rifleman, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, delivers a knee strike to a punching bag simulating an aggressor during a nonlethal weapons training course here, Oct. 1, 2013. Marines with Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Vanhoorebeke is a native of Mount Vernon, Ill.

Photo by Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes

Lance Cpl. Garrett Ray, fire team leader, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, strikes a punching bag simulating a notional aggressor after being sprayed in the face with pepper spray while enduring a nonlethal weapons training course here, Oct. 1, 2013. Marines of Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Ray is a San Antonio native.

Lance Cpl. Garrett Ray, fire team leader, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, strikes a punching bag simulating a notional aggressor after being sprayed in the face with pepper spray while enduring a nonlethal weapons training course here, Oct. 1, 2013. Marines of Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Ray is a San Antonio native.

Photo by Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes

Staff Sgt. Hector Sanchez (right), nonlethal weapons instructor, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, sprays a Marine serving with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, in the face with pepper spay in front of a line of spectating Marines ready to endure a nonlethal weapons training course here, Oct. 1, 2013. Marines with Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Sanchez is a Chicago native.

Staff Sgt. Hector Sanchez (right), nonlethal weapons instructor, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, sprays a Marine serving with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, in the face with pepper spay in front of a line of spectating Marines ready to endure a nonlethal weapons training course here, Oct. 1, 2013. Marines with Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Sanchez is a Chicago native.

Photo by Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes

Corporal Dylan Hudson (right), fire team leader, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, endures a nonlethal weapons training course where he was sprayed with pepper spray and fought off notional aggressors played by fellow Marines holding punching bags here, Oct. 1, 2013. Staff Sgt. Hector Sanchez (left), nonlethal weapons instructor, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, guided the Marines through the course. The Marines of Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Hudson is a native of Seaford, Del., and Sanchez is a Chicago native.

Corporal Dylan Hudson (right), fire team leader, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, endures a nonlethal weapons training course where he was sprayed with pepper spray and fought off notional aggressors played by fellow Marines holding punching bags here, Oct. 1, 2013. Staff Sgt. Hector Sanchez (left), nonlethal weapons instructor, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, guided the Marines through the course. The Marines of Delta Company are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East where they’ll provide embassy security. Hudson is a native of Seaford, Del., and Sanchez is a Chicago native.

Photo by Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes

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