Petty Officer 1st Class Adrian Figueroa, a corpsman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, watches a student execute a compliance technique called the counter-to-the-guard at Al Qaâ??im, Iraq, May 20. Figueroa is a black belt instructor who holds Marine Corps Martial Arts classes for Marines and sailors of the battalion.  Figueroa grew up in a life of gangs and drugs, but chose a career in the Navy to get out of that life.
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May 20, 2008
Petty Officer 1st Class Adrian Figueroa, a corpsman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, watches a student execute a compliance technique called the counter-to-the-guard at Al Qaâ??im, Iraq, May 20. Figueroa is a black belt instructor who holds Marine Corps Martial Arts classes for Marines and sailors of the battalion. Figueroa grew up in a life of gangs and drugs, but chose a career in the Navy to get out of that life.


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