.Camp Blanding.

Sgt. Tabitha Melacon, 29, of Bonifay, Fla., practices an australian rappel 60 feet above the ground from the rappel tower at Camp Blanding in Starke Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun)

Staff Sgt. Charles Brown Jr., of Quincy, Fla., mans a M-249 gun while in a foxhole, guarding the perimeter of a tactical operations center at Camp Blanding in Starke Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun)

Lt. Col. Dwayne Jarriel finishes a daily briefing with the 779th Engineer Battalion at a tactical operations center at Camp Blanding in Starke Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun)