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SCHOFIELD BARRACKS – Marines with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company and U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to conduct a high altitude airborne jump at Schofield Barracks, July 14, 2017. The Marines trained with U.S. Army Special Forces to maintain proficiency in completing static line and high altitude free fall airborne jumps. - SCHOFIELD BARRACKS – Marines with 4th Force Reconnaissance Company and U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to conduct a high altitude airborne jump at Schofield Barracks, July 14, 2017. The Marines trained with U.S. Army Special Forces to maintain proficiency in completing static line and high altitude free fall airborne jumps.

Daniel Wilson, a patient attending Innovative Readiness Training Louisiana Care 2017, smiles after getting his teeth inspected by a Navy Corpsman at Amite High School in Amite, La., July 15, 2017. Several of the patients attending the IRT came for dental services such as fillings, simple dental extractions, screenings for oral cancer and examinations for sports medicine injuries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released) - Daniel Wilson, a patient attending Innovative Readiness Training Louisiana Care 2017, smiles after getting his teeth inspected by a Navy Corpsman at Amite High School in Amite, La., July 15, 2017. Several of the patients attending the IRT came for dental services such as fillings, simple dental extractions, screenings for oral cancer and examinations for sports medicine injuries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Brig. Gen. Helen G. Pratt, the commanding general of 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, tours East Saint John High School with leaders of the Louisiana Innovative Readiness Training project in Reserve, Louisiana on July 10, 2017. This year's IRT builds mutually beneficial civil-military partnerships between local communities to provide high quality, mission-essential training for service members and their units. - Brig. Gen. Helen G. Pratt, the commanding general of 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, tours East Saint John High School with leaders of the Louisiana Innovative Readiness Training project in Reserve, Louisiana on July 10, 2017. This year's IRT builds mutually beneficial civil-military partnerships between local communities to provide high quality, mission-essential training for service members and their units.

Cpl. Daniel A. Reyes (left), a joint fires observer with 3rd Brigade, 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, kneels alongside Canadian Army Capt. Ethan McDonald (right), a joint terminal attack controller with Y Battery, 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and points out target coordinates on a map at Canadian Manoeuvre Training Center, in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, during exercise Maple Resolve 17, May 26, 2017. During the exercise the Marines from 3rd ANGLICO worked with the Canadian Army, calling simulated artillery to preplanned targets. - Cpl. Daniel A. Reyes (left), a joint fires observer with 3rd Brigade, 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, kneels alongside Canadian Army Capt. Ethan McDonald (right), a joint terminal attack controller with Y Battery, 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and points out target coordinates on a map at Canadian Manoeuvre Training Center, in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, during exercise Maple Resolve 17, May 26, 2017. During the exercise the Marines from 3rd ANGLICO worked with the Canadian Army, calling simulated artillery to preplanned targets.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christian Basque, a navy doctor with Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, shows pictures of X-rays from his civilian job as a sports medicine physician to Canadian medical technicians during exercise Maple Flag 50 at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Alberta, June 2, 2017. Maple Flag is an annual multi-national training exercise hosted by the Royal Canadian Air Force with foreign nations training together to complete simulated combat missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released) - U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christian Basque, a navy doctor with Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, shows pictures of X-rays from his civilian job as a sports medicine physician to Canadian medical technicians during exercise Maple Flag 50 at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Alberta, June 2, 2017. Maple Flag is an annual multi-national training exercise hosted by the Royal Canadian Air Force with foreign nations training together to complete simulated combat missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Cpl. David Qualls, a motor transport assistant operations chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, stands at parade rest while he waits to be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment headquarters in Houston, Texas, May 20, 2017. In 2014, helped save a man stuck inside a burning vehicle. According to Qualls’ award summary, had he not arrived when he did, the man would have surely died. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson) - Cpl. David Qualls, a motor transport assistant operations chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, stands at parade rest while he waits to be awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment headquarters in Houston, Texas, May 20, 2017. In 2014, helped save a man stuck inside a burning vehicle. According to Qualls’ award summary, had he not arrived when he did, the man would have surely died. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

Maj. Gen. Burke Whitman (left), commanding general of 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Division, congratulates Sgt. Juvante Butler (right), an administrative specialist with 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, at the World War II Museum in New Orleans, May 20, 2017. Butler was awarded the Mayor’s Community Service Award for his mentorship with the Knights of Pythagoras as a counselor for young men in the New Orleans community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Melany Vasquez / Released) - Maj. Gen. Burke Whitman (left), commanding general of 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Division, congratulates Sgt. Juvante Butler (right), an administrative specialist with 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, at the World War II Museum in New Orleans, May 20, 2017. Butler was awarded the Mayor’s Community Service Award for his mentorship with the Knights of Pythagoras as a counselor for young men in the New Orleans community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Melany Vasquez / Released)