"America’s Battalion" begins FEX....Photos by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

Side note:  Training.  Its the place where you learn, make mistakes, push hard and get better.  Will you ever achieve perfection?  No, its just not possible...all human endeavours are inevitably flawed.  Must you seek perfection?  Definitely!  Grown men might play dress up and have visions of fighting...whoever...but our Marines are doing the real deal while knowing that they will be called on to hook and jab with the enemy.  We have the luxury of being surprised and debating future actions.  They MUST be ready to deploy, insert, fight and win...at all times.  If this sounds like a OOOHRAH moment, it is.  While many are sitting on asses getting fatter these guys are doing the Marine Thing!