A small arms repair technician with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, explains how to change the back plate of a .50-caliber Browning machine gun from semi automatic to fully automatic fire at the CLR – 17 Armory, June 1. Small arms repair technicians keep the weapons combat ready for when Marines receive the call to either deliver a hail of rounds at targets or stopping the enemy in their tracks. Hundreds of parts work together to make the .50-caliber machine gun the longest used small arms weapon in the United States military arsenal, according to the Department of Defense’s archive. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Singsank. For more information visit www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34175

Col. Bruce E. Nickle receives the regimental colors from Col. John J. Broadmeadow during the Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group change of command ceremony held at the 11 Area parade field at Camp Pendleton, Calif. June 30. During the ceremony, Broadmeadow, 47, from Pawtucket, R.I., spoke about his enjoyment of leading the Marines and sailors of CLR-17. He added that Nickle, 44, from Vienna, Va., was a great replacement for him. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Singsank. To read the full story, visit dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=35851

A small arms repair technician with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, checks the head space and timing on a .50-caliber Browning machine gun so it can be fired safely at the CLR – 17 Armory, June 1. Small arms repair technicians keep the weapons combat ready for when Marines receive the call to either deliver a hail of rounds at targets or stopping the enemy in their tracks. Hundreds of parts work together to make the .50-caliber machine gun the longest used small arms weapon in the United States military arsenal, according to the Department of Defense’s archive. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Singsank. For more information visit www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34175

Gunnery Sgt. Marvin L. Caulk, company gunnery sergeant of Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 32, from Wichita Falls, Texas, low-crawls during the CLR-17 staff noncommissioned officer and officer’s Combat Fitness Test monitoring qualification at Camp Pendleton Aug. 19. Staff NCOs of CLR-17 received training on how to conduct a proper CFT so they could train and monitor Marines in their companies.

Gunnery Sgt. Marvin L. Caulk, company gunnery sergeant of Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, sprints to the finish line as fast as he could in order to obtain a good score in the CLR-17 staff noncommissioned officer and officer’s Combat Fitness Test monitoring qualification at Camp Pendleton Aug. 19. The new scoring system for the CFT is in effect, and all Marines are required to obtain a CFT score before the end of the calendar year.