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A soldier with the Bermuda Regiment rappels down a tower during a training operation as part of Exercise Bermuda Warrior aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 4. Approximately 180 Bermuda Regiment soldiers conducted a two-week training exercise aboard the base in a multitude of operation areas, part of their annual abroad training. - A soldier with the Bermuda Regiment rappels down a tower during a training operation as part of Exercise Bermuda Warrior aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 4. Approximately 180 Bermuda Regiment soldiers conducted a two-week training exercise aboard the base in a multitude of operation areas, part of their annual abroad training.

Navy Capt. Thomas Armel, program director for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center at NHCL, and Ens. Aileen Sizemore, an intern nurse with NHCL, as Navy Corps nurses with the most and least time in service, respectively, during the 2011 Nurses’ Ball at the Paradise Point Officers’ Club aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 13. Navy nurses of the Nurse Corps annually celebrate the formation of their profession in 1908 as well as the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer for modern nurse practice, during this ceremony. - Navy Capt. Thomas Armel, program director for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center at NHCL, and Ens. Aileen Sizemore, an intern nurse with NHCL, as Navy Corps nurses with the most and least time in service, respectively, during the 2011 Nurses’ Ball at the Paradise Point Officers’ Club aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 13. Navy nurses of the Nurse Corps annually celebrate the formation of their profession in 1908 as well as the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the pioneer for modern nurse practice, during this ceremony.

Col. Daniel Lecce (right), commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, briefs Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about the path and damage of April 16’s tornado on the Tarawa Terrace housing community at the TT Community Center, May 12. Gates then went on to speak to Marines and sailors of the II Marine Expeditionary Force at the base theater concerning the future of the Marine Corps. - Col. Daniel Lecce (right), commanding officer of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, briefs Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about the path and damage of April 16’s tornado on the Tarawa Terrace housing community at the TT Community Center, May 12. Gates then went on to speak to Marines and sailors of the II Marine Expeditionary Force at the base theater concerning the future of the Marine Corps.

Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Fields Bogue Field, N.C. – A motorcycle gets tips from John Abney, a safety instructor with the traffic safety department aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, during the Motorcycle Rodeo aboard Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Fields Bogue Field, May 6. The course tested drivers’ skills with stops, turns, and cloverleaf turns. - Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Fields Bogue Field, N.C. – A motorcycle gets tips from John Abney, a safety instructor with the traffic safety department aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, during the Motorcycle Rodeo aboard Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Fields Bogue Field, May 6. The course tested drivers’ skills with stops, turns, and cloverleaf turns.

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::