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The MCAGCC 29 Palms Band demonstrates their marching abilities for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

The MCAGCC 29 Palms Band demonstrates their marching abilities for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

The drum line from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band pose, following an intense demonstration of their skills, for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

The drum line from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band pose, following an intense demonstration of their skills, for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Sergeant Alan Phillips, a trumpet player with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, performs a solo for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Sergeant Alan Phillips, a trumpet player with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, performs a solo for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Trumpet players with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band play in formation for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour in Wisconsin in support of Recruiting Station Milwaukee.

Trumpet players with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band play in formation for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour in Wisconsin in support of Recruiting Station Milwaukee.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen Giove, band director for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, uses a platform to direct the band during a field performance for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen Giove, band director for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, uses a platform to direct the band during a field performance for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Gunnery Sgt. Sean Schmidlen, drum major for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, demonstrates how he uses the uses signals vice verbal commands to maneuver the band where he wants them to go during a perform for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Gunnery Sgt. Sean Schmidlen, drum major for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, demonstrates how he uses the uses signals vice verbal commands to maneuver the band where he wants them to go during a perform for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

Photo by SSgt Roman Yurek

Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

Photo by Courtesy of Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire

Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

Photo by Courtesy of Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire

With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

Photo by Sgt. Steven Vallette

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Corporal Phillip Hammond, an assistant armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, explains how to properly apply camouflage paint to a group of poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Corporal Phillip Hammond, an assistant armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, explains how to properly apply camouflage paint to a group of poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, apply camouflage paint to their faces after receiving a "Cover and Concealment" class from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, apply camouflage paint to their faces after receiving a "Cover and Concealment" class from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

Photo by Staff Sgt Roman Yurek

Private Cory Spires, a Marine on recruiter assistance with Recruiting Substation Janesville, explains sight alignment and sight picture to poolee William Olson, a poolee out of Milton, Wis., Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Private Cory Spires, a Marine on recruiter assistance with Recruiting Substation Janesville, explains sight alignment and sight picture to poolee William Olson, a poolee out of Milton, Wis., Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

Poolee Ross Kross, a poolee from Recruting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, fires the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Poolee Ross Kross, a poolee from Recruting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, fires the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, explains grouping to Ross Kramer, a poolee from the RSS, and how to improve his shooting. Poolees from nine of the 13 recruiting substations under RS Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, explains grouping to Ross Kramer, a poolee from the RSS, and how to improve his shooting. Poolees from nine of the 13 recruiting substations under RS Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, observes the firing techniques of Ross Kramer, a poolee from Janesville, Wis., during a live fire range with the AR-15 rifle August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, observes the firing techniques of Ross Kramer, a poolee from Janesville, Wis., during a live fire range with the AR-15 rifle August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Roman Yurek

The MCAGCC 29 Palms Band demonstrates their marching abilities for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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The drum line from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band pose, following an intense demonstration of their skills, for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Sergeant Alan Phillips, a trumpet player with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, performs a solo for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Trumpet players with the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band play in formation for students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour in Wisconsin in support of Recruiting Station Milwaukee.

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Chief Warrant Officer 2 Stephen Giove, band director for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, uses a platform to direct the band during a field performance for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Gunnery Sgt. Sean Schmidlen, drum major for the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, demonstrates how he uses the uses signals vice verbal commands to maneuver the band where he wants them to go during a perform for the students of Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Vibrations from the MCAGCC 29 Palms Band, echoes across the football field of Southwest High School during a performance for the school band in Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 17. The band conducted nearly 20 performances at 13 venues throughout the state during their week long tour.

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Staff Sgt. Patrick Wire stands with his team leader, Gunnery Sgt. Hugo Tello, in the village of Chichal, Konar province, Afghanistan. Wire, currently the information systems management branch chief, was deployed to Afghanistan with an embedded training team in 2008, where he served as an instructor to Afghanistan National Army soldiers.

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Wire speaks to locals and members of his team during a humanitarian mission in Kandalay, Afghanistan in 2008.

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With a giant inflatable drill instructor staring over her shoulder, Julie Norman, from Callaway, Minn., attemptes to hang for 70 seconds on a pull-up bar at the 26th annual WE Fest in Detroit Lakes, Minn. Recruiters set up an information booth at the 16th annual WE Fest, a country music festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn., Aug. 7-9, to promote awareness of the Marine Corps and maintain a friendly face. Marines captured the attention of more than 200 applicants each day out of the festival’s 48,000 total attendees. The recruiters received 351 leads and scheduled eight appointments with festival attendees interested in learning more about the Marine Corps.

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Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, motivates her poolees during the crunches portion of their partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

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Paul Brandonberg, a poolee with Recruiting Substation Janesville, pumps out 20 pull-ups during a partial Initial Strength Test following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 6.

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Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee lay behind the ground mounted M-240B medium machine gun and use the traversing and elevation knobs to familiarize themselves with how this weapon system works. Poolees received a class prior to this familiarization with the weapon from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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As Sgt. Joshua Furlough, the armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, aims in with an M-240B medium machine gun, Cpl. Phillip Hammond, the assistant armory custodian with Fox Co., explains to poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, roles of each member of a machine gun team and how the team operates. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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Corporal Phillip Hammond, an assistant armory custodian for Fox Company, 24th Marines, explains how to properly apply camouflage paint to a group of poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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Poolees from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, apply camouflage paint to their faces after receiving a "Cover and Concealment" class from Marines from Fox Company, 24th Marines. This class was part of the daily activities following a live fire rifle range with the AR-15 at Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis., August 4-7.

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Private Cory Spires, a Marine on recruiter assistance with Recruiting Substation Janesville, explains sight alignment and sight picture to poolee William Olson, a poolee out of Milton, Wis., Poolees from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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Poolee Ross Kross, a poolee from Recruting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, fires the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, explains grouping to Ross Kramer, a poolee from the RSS, and how to improve his shooting. Poolees from nine of the 13 recruiting substations under RS Milwaukee fire the AR-15 rifle during a familiarization rifle range August 4-7 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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Sergeant Kimberly McBriar, a recruiter from Recruiting Substation Janesville, Recruiting Station Milwaukee, observes the firing techniques of Ross Kramer, a poolee from Janesville, Wis., during a live fire range with the AR-15 rifle August 6 at the Stone Bank Sportsman's Club in Oconomowoc, Wis. This pool function allowed poolees to learn about the AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 A2 service rifle, to include weapons safety, weapons handling, trigger control, breath control and to become familiar with a weapon similar to what they will be firing in boot camp.

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