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In the wake of the DoD's announcement of new standard-issue military glasses, a new study found that one out of five Marines is distraught over the loss of Birth Control Glasses. Correction: One Marine in the entire Marine Corps is upset about it. Read about the phasing out of BCGs at the Marines Blog: marines.dodlive.mil/2012/01/27/goodbye-birth-control-glas... (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Sgt. Mark Fayloga)

Cpl. Robert Edwards, second from left, III Marine Expeditionary Force civil affairs, shakes hands with a Thai student at the Ban Non Daeng school in Pak Tong Chai, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, Jan. 24, 2012, during exercise Cobra Gold 2012. Roberts visited the school to speak with faculty about construction being done by Royal Thai, Indonesian, and U.S. Marines forces in support of Cobra Gold 2012. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint/combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Troyer)

Sgt. John D. McMurrin, a dismounted patrol leader with the Regimental Combat Team 5 Personal Security Detachment, provides security at a nearby construction site in the Marjah district, Jan. 13. The RCT-5 PSD provided security as Col. Roger B. Turner, the commanding officer of RCT-5, and his staff toured Marjah district during a battlefield circulation, Jan. 12-15 to observe the progress of Afghan National Security Forces. The RCT-5 staff also observed an artillery demonstration conducted by the Afghan National Army 4th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, Jan. 14.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez)

Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct insertion exercises from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter into a combat rubber raiding craft. The 11th MEU is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
(U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Gragg)

Lance Cpl. Shane W. Stokes, a Springfield, Mo., native and an infantryman with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, walks with a new friend he met while patrolling through a local bazaar. Mobs of curious children following patrols became a common sight in the village of Regay and the surrounding area, once the Marines and Afghan Uniformed Police patrolmen cleared the area of insurgent influence and emplaced a new security presence there.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Earnest J. Barnes)