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NJ Guard Trains

New Jersey National Guard soldiers train for an upcoming deployment to Iraq's Camp Bucca. The Army soldiers spent the summer at training at Ft. Bliss in Texas and Camp McGregor in New Mexico.

Foxtrot's Marlene Martinez, from Ridgefield, plays the role of a wounded battlefield soldier as fellow soldiers test their skills in a Combat Life Saving class during training at Camp McGregor in the New Mexico desert.
  
Foxtrot soldiers do their best to maintain a line as fellow Guardsmen play the role of rioting detainees in what was an extremely physical drill. The actors threw tennis balls and charged the line to simulate what they might face while stationed at Camp Bucca in Iraq.
   
New Jersey National Guardsman and Englewood barber, David Morera has become Foxtrot's company barber while training in the New Mexico desert for a fall deployment to Iraq.
     
  
Sgt. Dennis O'Brien stands under a rainbow before a morning formation at Camp Westbrook.
   
Foxtrot's Jose Miranda reacts to getting sprayed in the face with pepper spray while training at Camp Westbrook in the New Mexico desert.
   
Spc. Saul Colon standing in the morning light after a Foxtrot company formation at Camp McGregor.
     
  
A New Jersey Guardsman breaks through green smoke while testing his life saving skills in a high stress environment during a Combat Life Saving at Camp McGregor in the New Mexico desert Saturday.
   
At Camp Westbrook in the New Mexico desert Foxtrot's Houdine Moore (l), an amateur boxer, works with fellow Foxtrot soldier Randy St. Louis during down time while training for a pending deployment to Iraq. Moore trains several soldiers to help people get in shape and ready for their deployment.
  
Foxtrot soldiers practice forming a line during riot training at Camp Westbrook in the New Mexico desert. The soldiers are being trained to handle prisoner riots that can happen frequently.
     
  
Foxtrot soldier Keith Russel does push-ups after a morning formation.
   
While hanging out in the Camp McGregor barracks Foxtrot's Robert Jackson practices his IV technique on fellow soldier Aaron Remson in preparation of the next day's Combat Life Saving exercise.
   
Foxtrot soldiers practice defensive baton moves while getting riot training Wednesday at Camp Westbrook in the New Mexico desert. Peterson Pierre-Paul (lower center) prepares to defend a strike from a fellow soldier.
     
  
Foxtrot Captain James Egan walks to the entry point of the base while conducting a base defense training exercise Tuesday night that featured suicide-bomber attacks and IED attacks.
   
New Jersey Guardsman Brenda Alston takes a moment to recover from a stressful test of her skills during a Combat Life Saving class during training at Camp McGregor in the New Mexico desert.
   
Members of Delta Company, 250th BSB practice maneuvers in the mock Iraqi village Al Hadiz at Camp McGregor in New Mexico in preparation for a fall deployment to Iraq. Here they work around a corner of a building while searching for insurgents.
     
  
Members of New Jersey National Guard Foxtrot Company prepare for their night driving exercise with the aid of night vision equipment while training at Camp McGregor in the New Mexico desert.