Sgt. Benjamin H. Wooden, machine gunner, demonstrates

Sgt. Benjamin H. Wooden, machine gunner, demonstrates weapons clearing procedures Dec. 17 during basic combat marksmanship training. Wooden, 25, who hails from Santa Ana, Calif., serves with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Camp Pendleton-, Calif., based unit deployed from San Diego Nov. 14 aboard USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor and arrived in Singapore Dec. 12 as part of a regularly scheduled deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East regions.