Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.30.2012
Lance Cpl. Kevin Midgley, a Westlake, Ohio, native and team leader with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, climbs a rope as part of a water obstacle course in Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2012. The course is a part of a Training Force, or T-Force, package focused on primitive infantry skills. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo......
Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.30.2012
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, navigate an obstacle during a water obstacle course in Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2012. The course is a part of a Training Force, or T-Force, package focused on primitive infantry skills. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis......
Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.30.2012
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, swim to an obstacle during a water obstacle course in Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2012. The course is a part of a Training Force, or T-Force, package focused on primitive infantry skills. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis......
Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.29.2012
Cpl. Lucas McKay, a Lexington, S.C., native and squad leader with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, helps carry a fellow Marine on a stretcher prior to a water obstacle course in Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2012. The course is a part of a Training Force, or T-Force, package focused on primitive infantry skills. The 24th MEU is......
Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.29.2012
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a water obstacle course in Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2012. The course is a part of a Training Force, or T-Force, package focused on primitive infantry skills. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force......
Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.29.2012
Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, transport a simulated casualty off a mountain during a casualty evacuation exercise in Djibouti, Aug. 29, 2012. The training is a part of a Training Force, or T-Force, package focused on primitive infantry skills. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready......
Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.29.2012
1st Lt. Michael Moore, platoon commander for 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, crosses paths with Djiboutian wildlife as he walks back to camp after taking part in assault climber training with his Marines in Djibouti, Aug. 29, 2012. The training is a part of a Training Force, or T-Force, package focused on......
Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.29.2012
Sgt. Jason Schmus, bottom left, and Master Sgt. Chris Brueggeman, center, mountain leaders with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a tandem-lower as they move a casualty "dummy" down a 150 ft. cliff during a simulated mountain casualty evacuation in Djibouti, Aug. 29, 2012. The training is a part of a Training Force, or T-Force,......