Staff Sgt. Matthew Opperman, with Service Company, 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, works with a Phoenix satellite terminal during Phoenix course practical application for the section here March 10 to April 11. The Phoenix, which is much lighter and more mobile than the older satellite terminals, is the Marine Corps’ newest satellite system. - Staff Sgt. Matthew Opperman, with Service Company, 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, works with a Phoenix satellite terminal during Phoenix course practical application for the section here March 10 to April 11. The Phoenix, which is much lighter and more mobile than the older satellite terminals, is the Marine Corps’ newest satellite system.

Staff Sgt. Chadd Jackson (left), a career retention specialist with Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Wounded Warrior Regiment, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Lt. Col. Thomas Siebenthal, the battalion’s commanding officer, pose for a photograph after Jackson’s re-enlistment ceremony here, April 30. Jackson is the first Marine in the battalion to re-enlist on a permanent light duty status. - Staff Sgt. Chadd Jackson (left), a career retention specialist with Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Wounded Warrior Regiment, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Lt. Col. Thomas Siebenthal, the battalion’s commanding officer, pose for a photograph after Jackson’s re-enlistment ceremony here, April 30. Jackson is the first Marine in the battalion to re-enlist on a permanent light duty status.

Second Lt. Haley Katz (left) plays soccer in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 4, 2007, during her deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Katz is one of four Marines chosen to tryout for the U.S. Armed Forces soccer team May 9-26 at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. If chosen for the team, she will compete in the Netherlands at the Conseil International du Sport Militaire games. - Second Lt. Haley Katz (left) plays soccer in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 4, 2007, during her deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Katz is one of four Marines chosen to tryout for the U.S. Armed Forces soccer team May 9-26 at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. If chosen for the team, she will compete in the Netherlands at the Conseil International du Sport Militaire games.

Cpl. James R. Schneider III, a motor vehicle operator and driver for the II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group commanding officer, speaks with an Iraqi citizen just outside a military housing complex in Baghdadi, Iraq, July 2007. Schneider deployed to Iraq for seven months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. - Cpl. James R. Schneider III, a motor vehicle operator and driver for the II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group commanding officer, speaks with an Iraqi citizen just outside a military housing complex in Baghdadi, Iraq, July 2007. Schneider deployed to Iraq for seven months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Marines present flowers to the family members of Master Sgt. Kenneth N. Mack here May 5. Mack’s family was in attendance at a building dedication ceremony where the II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group motor transport facility was dedicated in honor of Mack’s service. - Marines present flowers to the family members of Master Sgt. Kenneth N. Mack here May 5. Mack’s family was in attendance at a building dedication ceremony where the II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group motor transport facility was dedicated in honor of Mack’s service.