Corporal James E. Stires, unit movement control coordinator,

Corporal James E. Stires, unit movement control coordinator, Command Element, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives his Corporals' Course 338-13 certificate of completion from Sgt. Maj. John W. Scott, the 15th MEU sergeant major, on the mess decks of USS Peleliu, April 5. Corporals' Course is a professional military education for enlisted Marines designed to give corporals the tools to become more effective small unit leaders. The 15th MEU is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors and is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group. Together, they provide a forward-deployed, flexible sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force capable of conducting a wide variety of operations ranging from humanitarian aid to combat. Stires, 21, is from Wichita Falls, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III/Released)