intense combat training
Service members from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, are awarded a numbered pin for completing the 5th French Marine Regiment Desert Combat Training course in Djibouti on June 9, 2011. The 10-day course provided nearly 120 French and 40 U.S. troops with a basic knowledge of field tactics and survival techniques to use in a desert environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Lance Corporal Massimo Selim)