Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), witness the effects of an improvised explosive device during counter IED training at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2010. The 1st CEB will be taking the place of 3rd CEB and provide direct support to infantry battalions throughout Helmand province. Engineers of 3rd CEB took what they had learned during their time in Afghanistan and applied it toward a series of classes to help prepare 1st CEB for their seven-month tour.
Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), practice using metal detectors during counter improvised explosive device training at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2010. The 1st CEB will be taking the place of 3rd CEB and provide direct support to infantry battalions throughout Helmand province. Engineers of 3rd CEB took what they had learned during their time in Afghanistan and applied it toward a series of classes to help prepare 1st CEB for their seven-month tour.
Lance Cpl. Rahshaad Winford, 27, a warehouse clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), practices using a metal detector during counter improvised explosive device training at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2010. The 1st CEB will be taking the place of 3rd CEB and provide direct support to infantry battalions throughout Helmand province. Engineers of 3rd CEB took what they had learned during their time in Afghanistan and applied it toward a series of classes to help prepare 1st CEB for their seven-month tour.
Lance Cpl. Rahshaad Winford, 27, a warehouse clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), practices using a metal detector during counter improvised explosive device training at Camp Leatherneck, Afghansitan, Oct. 15, 2010. The 1st CEB will be taking the place of 3rd CEB and provide direct support to infantry battalions throughout Helmand province. Engineers of 3rd CEB took what they had learned during their time in Afghanistan and applied it toward a series of classes to help prepare 1st CEB for their seven-month tour.
Cpl. David Hernandez, 22, a food service specialist with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion teaches a class on proper route clearance techniques during counter improvised explosive device training at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 15, 2010. The 1st CEB will be taking the place of 3rd CEB and provide direct support to infantry battalions throughout Helmand province. Engineers of 3rd CEB took what they had learned during their time in Afghanistan and applied it toward a series of classes to help prepare 1st CEB for their seven-month tour.
Marines with the battalion's Headquarters and Service Company trained in convoy operations during exercise Steel Knight Oct. 6 to effectively train them to perform mounted patrols and handle weapons, even though they are not infantrymen. Exercise Steel Knight is an annual combined arms exercise hosted by 1st Tank Battalion here in the Combat Center's vast training grounds toward the end of each year, this year the exercise was held Oct. 4-13. The division-level exercise brought together the elements of a Marine Air Ground Task Force to effectively mass all of its assets and firepower and pursue an enemy force, said Staff Sgt. Leon L. Wojciechowski, the platoon sergeant for scout platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Tank Bn.
Marines and sailors with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, learning about river crossing and potential dangers to watch out for while standing or crossing streams and rivers in Toiyabe National Forest Oct. 12, 2010.
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