24th Marines train at Bridgeport...

BRIDGEPORT, Calif.-Marines of 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, arrive at Landing Zone Sparrow, July 20. The Marines are transitioning from the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot in Nevada, to the MWTC to complete Javelin Thrust., Lance Cpl. Christofer Baines, 7/20/2011 11:48

BRIDGEPORT, Calif.-Sgt. George Schaub, a platoon sergeant with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, teaches Marines how to use a water purifier, July 20. The Marines took time to learn these skills, passed down by the unit’s Mountain Warfare Leader’s Course graduates, as they settled into their new home at the MWTC., Lance Cpl. Christofer Baines, 7/20/2011 15:04

BRIDGEPORT, Calif.-Lance Cpl. Blain Giddings, a Papillion, Neb., native and Lance Cpl. Thomas Leach, an Armstrong, Iowa, native, operate a water purification system, July 20. The Marines took time to learn these skills, passed down by the unit’s Mountain Warfare Leader’s Course graduates, as they settled into their new home at the MWTC., Lance Cpl. Christofer Baines, 7/20/2011 15:33