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Staff Sgt. Kenneth Hayden, center, a native of Immokalee, Fla., and the platoon sergeant for 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks on his Marines as they hike to a training site aboard the Nova Selo Training Area in Sliven, Bulgaria May 29, 2009. Kilo Co. Marines are in Bulgaria to conduct training aboard the joint Bulgarian-American training base. This is the first time U.S. Marines have conducted this kind of training in Bulgaria. The 22nd MEU is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command.::r::::n::(Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Epright)::r::::n:: - Staff Sgt. Kenneth Hayden, center, a native of Immokalee, Fla., and the platoon sergeant for 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks on his Marines as they hike to a training site aboard the Nova Selo Training Area in Sliven, Bulgaria May 29, 2009. Kilo Co. Marines are in Bulgaria to conduct training aboard the joint Bulgarian-American training base. This is the first time U.S. Marines have conducted this kind of training in Bulgaria. The 22nd MEU is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command.::r::::n::(Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Epright)::r::::n::

Lance Cpl. Joel E. Schram (right), a native of Yuma, Ariz., and Squad Automatic Weapon gunner with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, teaches proper disassembly of the SAW to Bulgarian Army Sgt. Anatoly Ianchev, a chemical weapon specialist and resident of Sliven, Bulgaria, May 28, 2009. Kilo Co is aboard the Nova Selo Training Area conducting training at the joint Bulgarian-American training base. This is the first time U.S. Marines have conducted this kind of training in Bulgaria. The 22nd MEU is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin M. Martinez) - Lance Cpl. Joel E. Schram (right), a native of Yuma, Ariz., and Squad Automatic Weapon gunner with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, teaches proper disassembly of the SAW to Bulgarian Army Sgt. Anatoly Ianchev, a chemical weapon specialist and resident of Sliven, Bulgaria, May 28, 2009. Kilo Co is aboard the Nova Selo Training Area conducting training at the joint Bulgarian-American training base. This is the first time U.S. Marines have conducted this kind of training in Bulgaria. The 22nd MEU is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin M. Martinez)

Cpl. Frederick B. Miller, the artillery scout observer for Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Acoma, N.M., teaches some of Kilo's hospital corpsman how to read a foreign map while aboard the Nova Selo Training Area in Sliven, Bulgaria, May 28, 2009. The sailors are training to qualify for the Fleet Marine Force pin. Kilo Co. Marines are in Bulgaria to conduct training at the joint Bulgarian-American training base. This is the first time U.S. Marines have conducted this kind of training in Bulgaria. The 22nd MEU is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin M. Martinez) - Cpl. Frederick B. Miller, the artillery scout observer for Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Acoma, N.M., teaches some of Kilo's hospital corpsman how to read a foreign map while aboard the Nova Selo Training Area in Sliven, Bulgaria, May 28, 2009. The sailors are training to qualify for the Fleet Marine Force pin. Kilo Co. Marines are in Bulgaria to conduct training at the joint Bulgarian-American training base. This is the first time U.S. Marines have conducted this kind of training in Bulgaria. The 22nd MEU is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin M. Martinez)

Sgt. John Clapsaddle, a native of Liscomb, Iowa and squad leader with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrols past a gas station aboard the Nova Selo Training Area in Sliven, Bulgaria May 28, 2009. Kilo Co. Marines are in Bulgaria to conduct training at the joint Bulgarian-American training base. This is the first time U.S. Marines have conducted this kind of training in Bulgaria. The 22nd MEU is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Epright) - Sgt. John Clapsaddle, a native of Liscomb, Iowa and squad leader with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrols past a gas station aboard the Nova Selo Training Area in Sliven, Bulgaria May 28, 2009. Kilo Co. Marines are in Bulgaria to conduct training at the joint Bulgarian-American training base. This is the first time U.S. Marines have conducted this kind of training in Bulgaria. The 22nd MEU is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command. (Official Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Epright)

::n::Sgt. Jeremy L. Leaders, right, a fire direction chief with 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Oak Harbor, Ohio, assists Marines with proper descent techniques during the platoon's fast-rope qualification training aboard USS Bataan May 18, 2009. The 22nd MEU, deployed aboard the ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command.::n::(Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin M. Martinez) ::n:: - ::n::Sgt. Jeremy L. Leaders, right, a fire direction chief with 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Oak Harbor, Ohio, assists Marines with proper descent techniques during the platoon's fast-rope qualification training aboard USS Bataan May 18, 2009. The 22nd MEU, deployed aboard the ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, is currently serving as the theater reserve force for U.S. European Command.::n::(Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Justin M. Martinez) ::n::