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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

U.S. Marine Sgt. Brian Lopez, a combat instructor for the Advanced Machine-Gun Course, School of Infantry - West, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, debriefs students 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. Marine Sgt. Brian Lopez, a combat instructor for the Advanced Machine-Gun Course, School of Infantry - West, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, debriefs students 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 MV-22B Osprey takes off carrying students with Infantry Small Unit Leaders Course 1-22, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, as part of a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov 16, 2021. The students conducted an aerial assault which took them from SOI-West on Camp Pendleton to Yuma, Arizona. ISULC is designed to teach noncommisioned officers advanced infantry skills and equip them to assume more leadership responsibility within an infantry battalion. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drake Nickels)

A U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey takes off carrying students with Infantry Small Unit Leaders Course 1-22, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, as part of a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov 16, 2021. The students conducted an aerial assault which took them from SOI-West on Camp Pendleton to Yuma, Arizona. ISULC is designed to teach noncommisioned officers advanced infantry skills and equip them to assume more leadership responsibility within an infantry battalion. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marines with the Infantry Small Unit Leaders Course 1-22, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, brief their patrol before a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov 16, 2021. The students conducted an aerial assault which took them from SOI-West on Camp Pendleton to Yuma, Arizona. ISULC is designed to teach noncommisioned officers advanced infantry skills and equip them to assume more leadership responsibility within an infantry battalion. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marines with the Infantry Small Unit Leaders Course 1-22, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, brief their patrol before a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov 16, 2021. The students conducted an aerial assault which took them from SOI-West on Camp Pendleton to Yuma, Arizona. ISULC is designed to teach noncommisioned officers advanced infantry skills and equip them to assume more leadership responsibility within an infantry battalion. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marines with the Infantry Small Unit Leaders Course 1-22, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, board an MV-22B Osprey as part of a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov 16, 2021. The students conducted an aerial assault which took them from SOI-West on Camp Pendleton to Yuma, Arizona. ISULC is designed to teach noncommisioned officers advanced infantry skills and equip them to assume more leadership responsibility within an infantry battalion. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marines with the Infantry Small Unit Leaders Course 1-22, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, board an MV-22B Osprey as part of a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov 16, 2021. The students conducted an aerial assault which took them from SOI-West on Camp Pendleton to Yuma, Arizona. ISULC is designed to teach noncommisioned officers advanced infantry skills and equip them to assume more leadership responsibility within an infantry battalion. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marines participating in the Infantry Unit Leadership Course, prepare to half load an M224 60 mm mortar during live-fire training on Mortar Position 6 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 30, 2020. Marines with IULC utilized various weapons systems during the training to increase proficiency and readiness. The Marines participating in the course will leave as 0369 infantry unit leaders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

U.S. Marines participating in the Infantry Unit Leadership Course, prepare to half load an M224 60 mm mortar during live-fire training on Mortar Position 6 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 30, 2020. Marines with IULC utilized various weapons systems during the training to increase proficiency and readiness. The Marines participating in the course will leave as 0369 infantry unit leaders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez