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Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) Command Element practice engaging automated targets during a fire and maneuver drill at a remote shooting range known as "Hogan's Alley" outside Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 20, 2007. The 22nd MEU(SOC) is currently on a scheduled deployment serving as the theater reserve for the Central Command area of operations. - Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) Command Element practice engaging automated targets during a fire and maneuver drill at a remote shooting range known as "Hogan's Alley" outside Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 20, 2007. The 22nd MEU(SOC) is currently on a scheduled deployment serving as the theater reserve for the Central Command area of operations.

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Two humvees from Security Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), rush to take up guarding positions after a simulated strike from an improvised explosive device during a convoy security training course held near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 19, 2007. CLB-22 serves as the Logistics Combat Element of the 22nd MEU(SOC), which is conducting sustainment training in Kuwait as part of a scheduled deployment. - Two humvees from Security Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), rush to take up guarding positions after a simulated strike from an improvised explosive device during a convoy security training course held near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 19, 2007. CLB-22 serves as the Logistics Combat Element of the 22nd MEU(SOC), which is conducting sustainment training in Kuwait as part of a scheduled deployment.

Cpl. Harold D. Applegate, of West Allis, Wis., a Howitzer cannoneer with Battery B, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), briefs his squad on an upcoming mission while his platoon is conducting Military Operations in Urban Terrain training aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 17, 2007. Btry. B is practicing infantry tactics in case they are called into action to serve as a provisional rifle company. The Marines and sailors of BLT 3/8 currently act as the Ground Combat Element of the 22nd MEU(SOC) on a scheduled deployment. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Peter R. Miller) - Cpl. Harold D. Applegate, of West Allis, Wis., a Howitzer cannoneer with Battery B, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), briefs his squad on an upcoming mission while his platoon is conducting Military Operations in Urban Terrain training aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 17, 2007. Btry. B is practicing infantry tactics in case they are called into action to serve as a provisional rifle company. The Marines and sailors of BLT 3/8 currently act as the Ground Combat Element of the 22nd MEU(SOC) on a scheduled deployment. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Peter R. Miller)

Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Command Element engage a series of targets during one of the several training tables the Marines had to complete at the unknown distance range held at the Udairi Range Complex Sept. 18, 2007. The Marines and sailors of Command Element are currently deployed as part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) led by Col. Doug Stilwell. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe) (Released) - Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Command Element engage a series of targets during one of the several training tables the Marines had to complete at the unknown distance range held at the Udairi Range Complex Sept. 18, 2007. The Marines and sailors of Command Element are currently deployed as part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) led by Col. Doug Stilwell. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe) (Released)

Cpl. Wesley Thomas, a supply clerk with the 22nd Maine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), inserts a chest-tube in a realistic, combat-wounded mannequin during a training class aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 17, 2007. The 22nd MEU(SOC) is in Kuwait conducting sustainment training as part of a scheduled deployment. - Cpl. Wesley Thomas, a supply clerk with the 22nd Maine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), inserts a chest-tube in a realistic, combat-wounded mannequin during a training class aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 17, 2007. The 22nd MEU(SOC) is in Kuwait conducting sustainment training as part of a scheduled deployment.

Sergeant Jesse Tebrake from Company K keeps a very close eye on one of his Marines during a hand grenade throwing exercise held at range 17G September 14, 2007. Tebrake and the Marines and sailors of Companies K are currently deployed as the Ground Combat Element for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit led by Col. Doug Stilwell. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe) (Released) - Sergeant Jesse Tebrake from Company K keeps a very close eye on one of his Marines during a hand grenade throwing exercise held at range 17G September 14, 2007. Tebrake and the Marines and sailors of Companies K are currently deployed as the Ground Combat Element for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit led by Col. Doug Stilwell. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe) (Released)

Brothers, 2nd Lt. Shane A. Bladen (right), of Vicksburg, Va., an air support officer with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Spec. Seth A. Bladen, a fuel supply technician with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, pose for a quick snapshot after crossing paths aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 14, 2007. - Brothers, 2nd Lt. Shane A. Bladen (right), of Vicksburg, Va., an air support officer with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Spec. Seth A. Bladen, a fuel supply technician with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, pose for a quick snapshot after crossing paths aboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 14, 2007.