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      <title>$3 Billion Spanish &lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;Navy&lt;/span&gt; Submarine Will Sink to Bottom of Sea</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:57:49 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>A new submarine commissioned by the Spanish navy at a cost of 2.2 billion euros (lb1.9billion) has been discovered to contain a serious design flaw - it is too heavy and will sink like a stone. 

Miscalculations at the engineering stage have been blamed for a two-year delay in delivery of the first of four submarines commissioned from Spain's state-owned shipbuilder Navantia.

Last month it emerged that the Isaac Peral sub - part of the new S-80 series and named in honour of the Spanish man credited by some as the inventor of the underwater vessel - was at least 75 tons overweight, an excess that could compromise its ability to surface after submerging.

Navantia admitted the existence of &quot;deviations related to the balance of weight&quot; in the vessel and estimated it would take up to two years more to correct the problem.

The 233ft vessel may have to be lengthened to compensate for the excess weight, a redesign that comes with an estimated cost of 7.5 million euros ($9 million) per extra metre.

The shipbuilders based in Cartagena, southern Spain, are now seeking &quot;technical experts from abroad&quot; to advise in the redesign of what was billed as the &quot;most modern conventional submarine&quot;.

The original date for delivery was scheduled for March 2015 but it is now expected to be delayed by up to two years.

The Spanish navy commissioned four of the submarines at a cost of 2.2 billion euros ($3 billion), one of the most expensive contracts in Spain's military history, but will now be facing a much larger bill.

In the meantime they will also have to pay costs of keeping the current ageing submarine fleet in operation at an estimated 15 million euros ($19 million) per year.

Spain's Ministry of Defence has seen its budget cut by some 30 per cent since the start of the economic crisis in 2008 in an austerity drive aimed at reducing the nation's public deficit.

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      <title>US &lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;Navy&lt;/span&gt; Blue Angels Smoking up then take off - Toronto Air show 2009</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:23:49 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Hangar view of The US Navy Blue Angels F-18s taking off in formation. The other planes you can see in the video include the Golden F-86 Sabre (flown by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield), two USAF F-16s and the white smaller ones are the Canadian snowbirds. They taxied right by us, and I'd be more than happy to post those vids if people are interested. These are super powerful machines, with a sickening death roar when their engines start. 
Action starts at approx 0:48


This is my first upload of a video I took myself, so be nice. Planes excite me! 

Enjoy!</description>
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      <title>S.E.A.L.'s Succumb To Sig Sauer</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:17 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Two years ago the U.S. Navy SEALS adopted the Mk25 9mm pistol as their standard sidearm. This pistol was actually the same Sig Sauer P226 the SEALS have been using since the 1980s, but with a better accessory rail, a few other minor changes, and a new name. The P226 was adopted by the SEALS in place of the Berretta M9, which was adopted by the rest of the U.S. military in the 1980s, to replace the M1911 .45 (11.4mm) pistol. The Berretta and Sig Sauer pistols had both scored about the same on the American evaluation tests and the Berretta won mainly on the basis of price. The SEALS, belonging to SOCOM were allowed to buy whatever weapons they felt best got the job done and the SEALS have been using the P226/Mk25 ever since.The 9mm pistols are carried by SOCOM (Special Operations Command) operators as a defensive weapon. When they need pistol for offensive use they generally prefer a .45 caliber weapon. In the 1990s SOCOM adopted the Heckler and Koch (HK) Mk 23 SOCOM for offensive operations. This is a 1.47 kg (3.2 pound) .45 pistol with a 12-round magazine and the ability to carry a suppressor. It is expensive, at $2,400 each. Loaded with a suppressor and laser aiming device the Mk23 weighs 2.29 kg (5 pounds). The Mk23 is a precision weapon, capable of accurate fire at 50 meters (51mm/two inch shot groups). The lighter and cheaper USP Tactical version of the Mk23 was later introduced for personal protection and other duties not requiring the heavier Mk 23. The M9 and Mk25 are two-thirds the weight of the Mk23 and carry 15 9mm rounds.</description>
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      <title>New divebomber</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:19:36 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>SB2c for the US navy, 1941.</description>
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      <title>Russian Ship Rams Illegal Foreign Fishing Vessel</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:19:15 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>It looks like an older video - but the date could be wrong and location is unknown. The insignia appears to be Russian Navy. Initial 'bump' at 1:00 and final ramming from 2:11 - other ship almost capsizes.</description>
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      <title>The Few, the Proud, the Tortoises</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:50:42 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>U.S. Marines are taught to overcome obstacles with a minimum of help. But when some Marines prepared to charge a hill in a training exercise here a few months ago, they were forced to halt and radio the one man who could help them advance: Brian Henen, turtle expert.The troops were &quot;running up the hill and firing at targets,&quot; Mr. Henen said. &quot;Some of the tortoises like the hill also. The Marines don't want to hurt the tortoise, so they call us and we go in and move it.&quot;

Mr. Henen, who has a doctorate in biology, is part of a little-known army of biologists and other scientists who manage the Mojave desert tortoise and about 420 other threatened and endangered species on about 28 million acres of federally managed military land. 

&quot;There's a lot of people who don't recognize the amount of conservation the Marine Corps does,&quot; said Martin Husung, a natural-resource specialist on the base. &quot;A lot of people think we're just running over things.&quot;

Instead, Mr. Henen often hustles out to remote parts of the Mojave Desert to make sure the threatened desert tortoise, which can weigh 10 pounds and live to be more than 50 years old, isn't frightened by charging troops.

&quot;When they get scared, they pee themselves,&quot; Mr. Henen said, referring to the tortoises. Since tortoises can go two years between drinks of water, an unplanned micturition can cause dehydration and even death. So Mr. Henen sometimes demonstrates to troops how he soaks the reptiles in a pool until they drink enough water to plod on with their lives.

 


CloseDesert tortoise

The tortoise isn't the only animal benefiting from the limited hunting, high security and trained biologists on many bases. On the Navy's San Clemente Island, biologists protect vulnerable loggerhead shrikes from hungry rats by installing metal &quot;rat flashings&quot; at the base of trees the birds nest in. In Texas, the Army creates protective nesting environments for endangered golden-cheeked warblers to fend off incursions by brown-headed cowbirds. And at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee, the once-endangered  Helianthus eggertii , or Eggert's sunflower, is doing so well it has been taken off the endangered list.

Congress ordered the Defense Department to protect the flora and fauna on its lands under the 1960 Sikes Act. Today, the military works with agencies like the Fish and Wildlife Service, a bureau of the Interior Department, to search for and protect animals, plants and archaeological sites on its bases.

At Fort Benning, an Army base near Columbus, Ga., gunfire and explosions regularly set off fires in the pine trees, said John Brent, the base environmental manager. Oddly enough, this is a boon for the red-cockaded woodpecker, a bird on the endangered species list that has made a comeback there.

The finicky woodpecker typically lives in longleaf pines at least 60 years old. The tree thrives on forest fires. &quot;It needs fire to germinate and grow,&quot; Mr. Brent said.

USMCA conservation poster

Outside the base, civilian agencies have long tried to prevent forest fires, and that ultimately hurts the pine population. Elsewhere, forest lands are disappearing amid rapid development.

All of this has the birds flocking to the base, Mr. Brent said. To help welcome the new tenants, Mr. Brent and others have been building bird &quot;condominiums,&quot; Mr. Brent said. For this they cut a hole about the size of a loaf of bread in an existing tree and slide in a cedar box to accommodate a nest. They can only do this once per tree because these picky birds prefer &quot;condos, not townhouses,&quot; Mr. Brent said.

&quot;It's a well-kept secret&quot; that biologists are drawn to work on military bases, Mr. Brent said. &quot;There's a chance to do terrific work.&quot;

Last year, the Department of Defense spent nearly $70 million on threatened and endangered species management and conservation, including $16.5 million on the red-cockaded woodpecker and just under $6 million on the desert tortoise.

 


 A sign at the Marine base at Twentynine Palms warns about tortoises.

The outlays let biologists survey habitats, tag and track animals, build hatcheries and provide ecological training to thousands of troops. 

At Fort Irwin, an Army base near Barstow, Calif., Clarence Everly bumped along a dirt trail in a Dodge Ram pickup. The former Airborne Ranger is now the natural and cultural resources manager on base.

&quot;Having been in the Army, it gives you some street cred&quot; dealing with soldiers and the chain of command, he said. &quot;You're not just the environmentalist guy trying to prevent them from doing training.&quot;

He drove out to meet a team of biologists from the U.S. Geological Survey on a 10-acre restricted area where lonely Joshua trees shook in 50 mile per hour winds.


This &quot;is a great resource,&quot; said Christina Aiello, a USGS scientist and Ph.D. student from Penn State University, trying to yell over the gusts of wind. &quot;Blocking off areas, restricting access, it's safe and secure and there's no public access.&quot;She is part of a team doing research on how tortoises interact socially. She said their research is &quot;like Facebook&quot; as they track friend circles in the tortoise group. 

Back at Twentynine Palms, Ken Nagy, a professor emeritus in biology from UCLA studying the reproductive habits of the reptiles, held a baby tortoise in one hand, its shell still soft.

They are like &quot;walking ravioli&quot; to predators, he said. A fenced-off section of the base covered by netting helps overcome the high mortality rate for young tortoises in the wild. Mr. Nagy's program helps protect juveniles from birds and allows for research in a natural habitat.

Other parts of the military's domain aren't exactly natural but still offer the animals military-style protection.

On Fort Irwin, Mr. Everly peered through the window of his pickup at some targets in the distance-home to a surprisingly large tortoise population. &quot;In essence, the live-fire ranges are protection for the tortoises,&quot; he said, looking at a patch of ground where bullets often rain down but rarely hit the burrowing reptile. &quot;Nobody goes out there.&quot;</description>
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      <title>IGNORING TREASON AND THE CONSTITUTION</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Bricksnsticks</dc:creator>
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FACT:   
This administration which was twice elected in part through fraud has 
repeatedly violated the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.   These 
incidents have been covered at length in prior commentaries. 

FACT:   Congress thus far has done nothing about these heinous crimes 
against the security of the United States, its citizens, and our 
founding documents but hold committee hearings.  

The Democrat-controlled Senate is obstructive and culpable for not 
adhering to the rule of law and enforcing the Constitution.  The lame 
street press has willfully ignored and even tried to divert attention 
from facts which attest to the cover-up which have been perpetuated by 
the Administration. 

The specifics include the following most egregious (but by no means all) violations:

1. Election fraud and manipulation in 2008 and 2012 including ACORN's 
involvement in the 2010 census, conveyance of funds to ACORN by the 
Administration in blatant disregard for Congressional deauthorization of
 such funding due to proven fraud, and the DOJ's unwillingness to 
prevent tyranny at polling places by groups such as the New Black 
Panthers.  And these are just a few examples.

2. Criminal misuse of  taxpayer TARP funds for political payback.

3. Willful disregard for enforcement of existing Federal immigration laws and our borders.

4. 'Fast and Furious' gunrunning to Mexican drug cartels, known by the 
DOJ, as a ploy to eventually wage war against our Second Amendment 
rights.

5. Disregard for DOMA which IS  Federal law passed by the Congress under President Clinton. 

6. Passage of the NDAA which does not prohibit Obama's Secretary of 
Defense and Secretary of State from denying Americans their basic 
constitutional rights of habeas corpus and posse Comitatus.

7. Aiding and abetting our enemies through security leaks to the New 
York Times and Islamic groups  resulting in the deaths of  Navy SEALS 
shot down over Pakistan, and imprisonment of a doctor who was an 
informant leading to Bin Laden's supposed death.

8.  Appointment of unconstitutional Czars to administer Obama's ideology
 of  destruction of American liberties and federal government control of
 the American people in all ways possible---Obamacare; EPA targets of 
industry and private citizens; tax schemes to enrich the powerful elite;
  holding a corrupt United Nations agenda of universal control and 
tyrannical laws above the U.S. Constitution (specifically regarding our 
Second Amendment rights and energy security).

9. Benghazi:  Supplying Islamic groups with weapons to overthrow their 
regimes (the 'Arab Spring') while ignoring the safety of our military 
and CIA officials resulting in their deaths at the hands of Islamic 
terrorists---then conducting a massive ATTEMPTED cover up of Obama's 
real agenda which was to place his reelection as a priority over the 
safety of  Americans, while imprisoning someone who produced an 
irrelevant and unknown video as the scapegoat for the Admininstration's 
agenda (and he still has not been released!).

10. Violating the First Amendment through IRS abuse of citizens and businesses based on their political views.

11. Spying on the AP thereby illegally threatening the freedom of the press.

FACT:  A partial list of those guilty either directly or indirectly of  
treasonous, unconstitutional, and/or unlawful actions include 

Hillary Clinton; 

Susan Rice;  

Eric Holder and certain DOJ officials; 

the IRS commissioner and his abusive underlings; 

Admiral Mullins and Thomas Pickering  (Benghazi coverup); 

Kathleen Sebelius; 

Janet Napolitano; 

WH spokesman Jay Carney (the liar);  

any Senators and other Administration officials knowledgeable about but 
ignoring any or all of the above encroachments on the rule of law and 
the Constitution. 

In conclusion,  America is now governed by TYRANNY without a peep from 
the lame street media which is complicit.  The Obama administration and 
its anti-American criminal allies must go!  Congress must make it happen
 or  We the People must follow our Constitution to preserve the 
Republic.

http://www.libertynewsonline.com/article_301_33295.php#
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      <title>&lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;Navy&lt;/span&gt; dolphin finds 130-year-old torpedo</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:20:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>A Navy dolphin training to look for mines off the coast of San Diego found a  museum-worthy 19th-century torpedo on the seafloor, military officials said.

The brass-coated, retro wonder of technology was one of the first  self-propelled torpedoes used by the U.S. Navy. Just 50 of these so-called  Howell torpedoes were made and only one other example has been recovered; it  sits in the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Wash., outside of Seattle.

'Realizing that we were the first people to touch it or be around it  in over 125 years was really exciting.'- Christian Harris, operations supervisor for the SSC Pacific Biosciences  Division



The 130-year-old, 11-foot-long weapon was discovered back in March during a  mine-hunting exercise that the Space and Naval warfare Systems Center Pacific  (SSC Pacific) was conducting with bottlenose dolphins.

&quot;Dolphins naturally possess the most sophisticated sonar known to man. They  can detect mines and other potentially dangerous objects on the ocean floor that  are acoustically difficult targets to detect,&quot; operations supervisor Braden  Duryee, of the SSC Pacific Biosciences Division, said in a statement.

Dolphins use their natural sonar, called echolocation, to determine the size and shape of  underwater objects by sending out a series of clicks that bounce off their  targets and boomerang back to them. The marine mammals can be trained to report  what they have found to human handlers using certain yes or no responses.  Handlers can then investigate what the dolphins find by sending the animals to  mark an object's location with a weighted buoy line.

In this case, one of the dolphins indicated to its handler that it had  detected a minelike target. The recovery dive team initially thought the dolphin  had found an old tail section off an aerial drop mine, according to a statement  from SSC Pacific, but officials soon realized they were handling a much rarer  artifact.

&quot;It was apparent in the first 15 minutes that this was something that was  significant and really old,&quot; Christian Harris, operations supervisor for the SSC  Pacific Biosciences Division, said in a statement. &quot;Realizing that we were the  first people to touch it or be around it in over 125 years was really  exciting.&quot;

The Howell torpedo had a 132-lb flywheel that would be spun prior to launch.  With a warhead filled with 100 lbs of gun cotton, the  weapon had a range of 400 yards and could reach speeds of 25 knots, military  officials said.

&quot;It was the first torpedo that could be released into the ocean and follow a  track,&quot; Harris said. &quot;Considering that it was made before electricity was  provided to U.S. households, it was pretty sophisticated for its time.&quot;

The torpedo is being kept in a tank of water to prevent erosion on its  surface. The historical weapon will eventually be shipped to the Naval History  and Heritage Command at the Washington Navy Yard.

Navy officials said last year that the U.S. military may begin retiring its dolphins in 2017 in  favor of cheaper mine-hunting robots.

Dolphins' amazing sonar ability can be a blessing and a curse for marine  mammal-military relations; the animals are acutely vulnerable to high-powered  naval sonar used during military tests, and past naval exercises have been  linked to dolphin strandings.



Read more:  http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/05/21/navy-dolphin-finds-rare-130-year-old-torpedo/?intcmp=sem_outloud#ixzz2U59VaLp9

* Members of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific Marine Mammal Team  pose May 15, 2013, with one of the Navy's specially trained Atlantic  bottle-nosed dolphins. The team, along with the dolphin, are responsible for the  discovery</description>
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      <title>&lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;Navy&lt;/span&gt;'s shipyard workers on strike</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 12:41:33 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Lake8737</dc:creator>
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May 17, Guangdong Zhanjiang Haibin Shipyard (Navy 4804 Factory), all plant employees take part in a strike to protest corruption, low wages, no housing.

Hundreds of workers to plug the factory gates, and put up a big red banner of &quot;anti-corruption, survival, mention wages, housing&quot;. The workers said the plant corruption was rampant, leading to poor efficiency.
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      <title>US &lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;Navy&lt;/span&gt; Petty Officer surprises cheerleader daughter on field</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:55:12 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Emotional!</description>
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      <title>Soldiers Pay Tribute to Faithful Working Dog</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:13:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>One of the best memories Spc. Veronica Pruhs has of Military Working Dog Linda is the day they were on patrol and Linda trotted over to a car so she could get a better smell through a window that was open a crack.
 
Linda indicated there were drugs inside the car, and she was correct. Military Police officers found two grams of marijuana inside the car's center console. &quot;She knew her job and she was really sweet,&quot; said Pruhs, who worked with Linda for 10 months.
 
Pruhs had nothing but fond memories of the 6-year-old German Shepherd after Linda's memorial ceremony at the Clay Kaserne Chapel May 7. She died April 26 due to medical complications from cancer, and had worked as a narcotics detection dog for the 525th Military Working Dog Detachment in Wiesbaden for six years.
 
About 50 people attended Linda's ceremony, which included a rifle salute from the attachment's honor guard. Chaplain (Maj.) Craig Bickel, deputy U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden chaplain, presided. &quot;Her faith in service is a model for all Soldiers,&quot; he said during his benediction. &quot;With heavy hearts in her death, today we want to honor her service.&quot;
 
Sgt. Calvin Aguilar, Linda's most recent handler, also recalled Linda fondly.
 

&quot;What they say is that you learn something from every dog,&quot; Aguilar said. &quot;Linda would teach you a lot. She knew how to play the game. She knew what she needed to do and where she needed to go. She was an extremely easy dog to work with.&quot;
 
Sgt. 1st Class Hardenio Abdon, Wiesbaden's kennel master, said the Quartermaster Corps started the Military Working Dog program during World War II, not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 
By 1942 nearly 10,000 dogs were trained for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, Abdon said. In 1951, the program moved to the Military Police Corps.
 
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. War Dog Association estimates that dogs and their handlers saved more than 10,000 lives, Abdon said. &quot;These war dogs were used as messengers, patrol dogs, scouts, trackers and as sentry dogs,&quot; he said.

In 1952, the U.S. Air Force approved formal patrol dog training at Lackland Air Force Base, as part of the Secured Police Dog Training School, and that is where all dogs receive their initial training today, Abdon said.
 
Linda arrived at Wiesbaden kennels in Jan. 2009, and conducted more than 100 health and welfare operations, Abdon said.
 
Six dog handlers, who are trained military police officers, and one kennel master are based in Wiesbaden, Abdon said.
 
During the ceremony, Pruhs removed Linda's collar from the Fallen Warrior Memorial on the chapel's altar and handed it to Aguilar to symbolize the dog's final rest.

Pruhs then read the poem, &quot;The Guardians of the Night,&quot; which reads in part, &quot;And when our time together is done/ And you move on in the world/ Remember me with kind thoughts and tales,/ For a time we were unbeatable,/ Nothing passed among us undetected.&quot;</description>
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      <title>Maintaining marksmanship: Force Recon Marines fire away</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:48:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Under an overcast sky with the waves crashing in the distance, the Marines of force reconnaissance platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted close quarter tactics shooting at the Kaneohe Bay range training facility, May 13.

The Marines from Okinawa, Japan, were thankful for the break from the sun as they performed training drills to maintain proficiency. They aimed at paper targets using two weapons, .45-caliber pistols and M4 carbine rifles.

Capt. Brian VanHoose, the platoon commander and a native of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, said their shooting drills are practice for direct action raids.

&quot;All of this shooting is designed to engage the enemy in a close proximity,&quot; VanHoose said. &quot;We train in close quarters tactics with primary and secondary weapons, the rifle and pistol. We utilize similar tactics during visit, board, search and seizure.&quot;

The Marines focused on their stance and movements during live-fire drills. The importance of focusing on their positioning enables muscle memory. The more they practice, the easier it becomes second nature for conducting actual missions.

Staff Sgt. Daniel Sigala, a force recon platoon team leader and native of Anthony, N.M., said the training at K-Bay range is about keeping up their standards.

&quot;Our training is for missions capability,&quot; Sigala said. &quot;Accurate shooting needs to be maintained for whatever mission arises.&quot;

VanHoose said they have been training together for a year and a half, and this is their culminating training package. They have been in Hawaii for four weeks conducting exercises to sustain their skills.

&quot;Training in Hawaii is different from training in Okinawa,&quot; VanHoose said. &quot;Because of the capabilities the facilities offer in Hawaii, the training here is excellent. We were able to conduct VBSS training with a retired Navy fleet, and parachute training in which we performed three military freefalls and two low level static line jumps, including a water jump. It's difficult to train in Okinawa because of the weather, and in Kaneohe Bay everything is close together, which makes things quicker and easier.&quot;

In between drills, the Marines reloaded magazines and discussed how their overall training went in Hawaii.

Cpl. Randall Stevenson, a recon scout with force recon platoon and native of Baton Rouge, La., said this was his second time coming to Hawaii.

&quot;It's great to come here to train because we do more diverse training here than in Okinawa,&quot; Stevenson said.

Sgt. Micah Crowell, a radio operator with force recon platoon, said this was his first time in Hawaii and wasn't sure what to expect.

&quot;Hawaii is a beautiful place with great weather and I loved being able to train here,&quot; Crowell said.

&quot; Performing jumps was the best so far because the adrenaline rush is addicting. The scenery here is incredible.&quot;

Sigala said training in Hawaii was especially beneficial for the Marines of force recon platoon to test what they've learned.

&quot;Training here gives them a sense of being able to train outside of what they are used to,&quot; Sigala said. &quot;They understand that everywhere we go, there are restrictions, and things we have to overcome.&quot;

* A Marine from force reconnaissance platoon loads rounds into a magazine during close quarter tactics shooting at the Kaneohe Bay range training facility, May 13. 

** Sgt. Timothy Hippler, a point man with force reconnaissance platoon, shoots a .45-caliber pistol during close quarter tactics shooting at Kaneohe Bay range training facility

*** Sgt. Timothy Hippler, a point man with force reconnaissance platoon, shoots a .45-caliber pistol during close quarter tactics shooting at Kaneohe Bay</description>
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