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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Marines from a variety of units listen to Capt. Douglas Orr, branch head of Explosive Obstacles and Hazards, Marine Air Ground Task Force Engineer Division as he talks to them about the many different courses offered to Marines at the new Home station Training Lanes and the Counter Improvised Explosive Device training facility aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 5. The new facility will ensure that Marines slated to deploy will leave their home station will be knowledgeable about the kinds of explosives that insurgents are using. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Marines from a variety of units listen to Capt. Douglas Orr, branch head of Explosive Obstacles and Hazards, Marine Air Ground Task Force Engineer Division as he talks to them about the many different courses offered to Marines at the new Home station Training Lanes and the Counter Improvised Explosive Device training facility aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 5. The new facility will ensure that Marines slated to deploy will leave their home station will be knowledgeable about the kinds of explosives that insurgents are using.

Tyler Ducar, a senior member of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Swim Team “Sharks”, and competitor in last year’s Junior Olympics as a long course swimmer, performs an open turn during practice at the Area 5 swimming pool aboard the base, May 4. Ducar said he enjoys swimming for the competition, to keep himself in shape and as another way to meet new people and make friends.::r::::n::::r::::n:: - Tyler Ducar, a senior member of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Swim Team “Sharks”, and competitor in last year’s Junior Olympics as a long course swimmer, performs an open turn during practice at the Area 5 swimming pool aboard the base, May 4. Ducar said he enjoys swimming for the competition, to keep himself in shape and as another way to meet new people and make friends.::r::::n::::r::::n::

Maj. Gen. Carl Jensen (right), commanding general of Marine Corps Installations – East, signs a memorandum of understanding with Charles Steger, president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., during a visit there in support of the Leadership Scholar Program, an initiative designed in helping veteran Marines and sailors gain easier access into college, May 2. - Maj. Gen. Carl Jensen (right), commanding general of Marine Corps Installations – East, signs a memorandum of understanding with Charles Steger, president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., during a visit there in support of the Leadership Scholar Program, an initiative designed in helping veteran Marines and sailors gain easier access into college, May 2.

Service members, friends and family can be seen through the walls of the Vietnam War memorial at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens during the annual Vietnam Remembrance Day ceremony, April 29. The event was to celebrate the service men and women who returned from the jungles of Vietnam and to remember those who did not. - Service members, friends and family can be seen through the walls of the Vietnam War memorial at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens during the annual Vietnam Remembrance Day ceremony, April 29. The event was to celebrate the service men and women who returned from the jungles of Vietnam and to remember those who did not.

A bowler maneuvers to put a spin on his ball for a strike as others wait for their turn during the 2011 North Carolina State USCBA Open Championship Tournament, April 30.::r::::n::::r::::n:: - A bowler maneuvers to put a spin on his ball for a strike as others wait for their turn during the 2011 North Carolina State USCBA Open Championship Tournament, April 30.::r::::n::::r::::n::

Col. Daniel J. Lecce, commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, presents Debbie Martin, supervisory management program analyst, with a certificate of appreciation during her retirement luncheon April 28. Martin retired April 30 after 38 years of civil service. - Col. Daniel J. Lecce, commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, presents Debbie Martin, supervisory management program analyst, with a certificate of appreciation during her retirement luncheon April 28. Martin retired April 30 after 38 years of civil service.