Sgts. Nicholas Guard and Barry Lemons, reconnaissance

Sgts. Nicholas Guard and Barry Lemons, reconnaissance men with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, use an electronic wind meter to determine wind speed before parachuting from an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft over Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 28, 2011. Over a two-day training event, the recon Marines combined forces with Army, Air Force and Navy parachutists from Special Operations Command, Pacific, and SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 to conduct static-line and free-fall parachute operations. Conducted bi-monthly as part of the recon Marines' sustainment training, the parachute operations served to better parachutist jump proficiency, and allowed jumpmasters to gain experience supervising their parachutists.