Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan Malley sets up a hinge charge in preparation for urban breaching training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 17, 2016. The hinge charge is a small explosive designed to detonate a door hinge for easy entry to a building. Malley is a combat engineer with Bravo Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group. The Marines with 7th ESB were put into fire teams and tasked to build explosive devices such as a hinge charges, water charges and body charges to forcefully open a locked door.

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