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U.S. Marines with the School of Infantry-East, Combat Instructor School, engage in a simulated firefight at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 24, 2023. The Marine Corps Combat Instructor School trains and evaluates students based on their ability to perform and teach Marines with combat training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary M. Candiani)

U.S. Marines with the School of Infantry-East, Combat Instructor School, engage in a simulated firefight at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 24, 2023. The Marine Corps Combat Instructor School trains and evaluates students based on their ability to perform and teach Marines with combat training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary M. Candiani)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Candiani

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jamaury M. Jimenez, a machine gunner with Advanced Machine Gun Course (AMGC) 1-22, fires polymer rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 3, 2021. During the course of fire, Marines tested polymer-cased ammunition that reduces the weight of a 100-round linked belt of .50-caliber ammunition by seven pounds, reducing the weight Marines have to transport. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jamaury M. Jimenez, a machine gunner with Advanced Machine Gun Course (AMGC) 1-22, fires polymer rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 3, 2021. During the course of fire, Marines tested polymer-cased ammunition that reduces the weight of a 100-round linked belt of .50-caliber ammunition by seven pounds, reducing the weight Marines have to transport. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet)

Photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet (211103-M-YO040-1188)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Benjamin Rodriguez, a student in the Advanced Infantry Marine Course with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, Hawaii Detachment, reviews a map before urban operations training, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 11, 2023. The training was conducted as part of the Advanced Infantry Marine Course. AIMC is designed to enhance and test Marines’ skills with a focus on reinforcing proper patrols and operational procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chandler Stacy)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Benjamin Rodriguez, a student in the Advanced Infantry Marine Course with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, Hawaii Detachment, reviews a map before urban operations training, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 11, 2023. The training was conducted as part of the Advanced Infantry Marine Course. AIMC is designed to enhance and test Marines’ skills with a focus on reinforcing proper patrols and operational procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chandler Stacy)

Photo by Cpl. Chandler Stacy

A U.S. Marine with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, Hawaii Detachment, engages simulated enemy combatants during urban operations training, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 11, 2023. The training was conducted as part of the Advanced Infantry Marine Course. AIMC is designed to enhance and test Marines’ skills with a focus on reinforcing proper patrols and operational procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chandler Stacy)

A U.S. Marine with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, Hawaii Detachment, engages simulated enemy combatants during urban operations training, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 11, 2023. The training was conducted as part of the Advanced Infantry Marine Course. AIMC is designed to enhance and test Marines’ skills with a focus on reinforcing proper patrols and operational procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chandler Stacy)

Photo by Cpl. Chandler Stacy

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Victor Rangel, a safety swimmer with the Reconnaissance Leader Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, School of Infantry West, evaluates a weapon disassembly/assembly event during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Victor Rangel, a safety swimmer with the Reconnaissance Leader Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, School of Infantry West, evaluates a weapon disassembly/assembly event during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)

Photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox

A team of participants hikes during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)

A team of participants hikes during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)

Photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox

Participants exit the ocean during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)

Participants exit the ocean during the 14th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California, April 28, 2023. To honor their fallen comrades and support the Gold Star families through their struggle, reconnaissance Marines and veterans participate in a 25-mile obstacle course throughout Camp Pendleton that tests their physical limits and enhances camaraderie. Each competitor carries a rucksack with a combat load and the name of a fallen Marine or sailor attached to the back. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox)

Photo by Cpl. Angela Wilcox

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Norman Ballard, a student with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, observes his targets before a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Norman Ballard, a student with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, observes his targets before a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marines with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marines with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marines with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marines with the Scout Sniper Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on Range 223B on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2020. The students were firing on an unknown distance range, designed to test skills of the Marines and strengthen the communication between the marksman and their observer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 students with Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, supervise classmates who are conducting a bobbing exercise in which students exhale all the air in their lungs, sink to the bottom of the pool, and then return to the surface as a part of the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and keeping their hands behind their backs. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 students with Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, supervise classmates who are conducting a bobbing exercise in which students exhale all the air in their lungs, sink to the bottom of the pool, and then return to the surface as a part of the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and keeping their hands behind their backs. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts

U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 students with Recon Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, conduct the restricted lap swim portion of the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and their hands placed behind their back. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

U.S. Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 students with Recon Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, conduct the restricted lap swim portion of the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and their hands placed behind their back. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joshua Foster, Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 student, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, emerges to the surface of the water after retrieving his goggles from the pool floor during the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and their hands placed behind their back. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joshua Foster, Basic Reconnaissance Primer Course 9-18 student, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, emerges to the surface of the water after retrieving his goggles from the pool floor during the Reconnaissance Aquatics Competency Test (RACT) at the Area 53 Pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 24, 2018. The RACT consisted of each student executing a series of aquatic exercises while having their feet tied together and their hands placed behind their back. The students conducted the RACT in preparation for follow-on training in the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course where the same test is a requirement for course completion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kerstin Roberts

A U.S. Marine with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, performs a final systems check in an LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

A U.S. Marine with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, performs a final systems check in an LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, operate a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, operate a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Guillermo Torrescruz, a combat instructor with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, gives his students a safety brief prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Guillermo Torrescruz, a combat instructor with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, gives his students a safety brief prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, apply grease to a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, apply grease to a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde

U.S. Marine Pfc. Joshua Waldhauser, a student with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, applies grease to a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. Waldhauser is a native of Baltimore. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marine Pfc. Joshua Waldhauser, a student with Light Armored Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, applies grease to a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle prior to LAR Marine Course 2-20’s LAV swim operations at the Del Mar boat basin on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 11, 2020. The mission of LARTC is to train entry-level light armored reconnaissance crewmen in the tactical employment of the LAV. Waldhauser is a native of Baltimore. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde

U.S. Marines with the Advanced Machine-Gun Course, fire an M240G medium machine gun during a live-fire exercise at Range 218 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 16, 2022. AMGC is a six-week course where machine gunners advance their warfighting and weaponry skills, as well as their land navigation and small unit leadership. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shaina Jupiter)

U.S. Marines with the Advanced Machine-Gun Course, fire an M240G medium machine gun during a live-fire exercise at Range 218 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 16, 2022. AMGC is a six-week course where machine gunners advance their warfighting and weaponry skills, as well as their land navigation and small unit leadership. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shaina Jupiter)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Shaina Jupiter

A U.S. Marine with the Advanced Machine Gun course fires a M240G medium machine gun during a live-fire exercise at Range 218 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 16, 2022. AMGC is a six-week course where machine gunners advance their warfighting and weaponry skills, as well as their land navigation and small unit leadership. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shaina Jupiter)

A U.S. Marine with the Advanced Machine Gun course fires a M240G medium machine gun during a live-fire exercise at Range 218 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 16, 2022. AMGC is a six-week course where machine gunners advance their warfighting and weaponry skills, as well as their land navigation and small unit leadership. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shaina Jupiter)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Shaina Jupiter