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Lance Cpl. Dylan Hunt, a combat engineer with Engineer Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 23, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, helps prepare the foundation for an ATV storage shed during Exercise Forest Rattler in Bend, Ore., July 20, 2016. This opportunity to train with the U.S. Forest Service provides realistic, cost-effective training, and allows the Marine Corps to give back to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham/ Released) - Lance Cpl. Dylan Hunt, a combat engineer with Engineer Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 23, Combat Logistics Regiment 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, helps prepare the foundation for an ATV storage shed during Exercise Forest Rattler in Bend, Ore., July 20, 2016. This opportunity to train with the U.S. Forest Service provides realistic, cost-effective training, and allows the Marine Corps to give back to the community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham/ Released)

Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (right), commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, poses with Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 451, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, after they receive the 2017 Department of Defense Family Readiness Award, at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, Arlington, Virginia, March 23, 2018. Established in 2000, the DoD Reserve Family Readiness Award recognizes the top unit in each of the seven Reserve components, which are a vital link in the support networks for Reserve component families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson) - Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian (right), commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, poses with Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 451, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, after they receive the 2017 Department of Defense Family Readiness Award, at the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, Arlington, Virginia, March 23, 2018. Established in 2000, the DoD Reserve Family Readiness Award recognizes the top unit in each of the seven Reserve components, which are a vital link in the support networks for Reserve component families. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

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)

Sgt. Gabriel R. McInnis, engineer equipment mechanic with Bulk Fuel Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo after receiving a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Jan. 7, 2017. McInnis received the medal for his actions in preventing an assault of a family in Tempe, Ariz., Dec. 27, 2016. (Courtesy photo) - Sgt. Gabriel R. McInnis, engineer equipment mechanic with Bulk Fuel Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo after receiving a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Jan. 7, 2017. McInnis received the medal for his actions in preventing an assault of a family in Tempe, Ariz., Dec. 27, 2016. (Courtesy photo)

Lance Cpl. Vicente C. Spence (right), a motor transport operator with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, receives a challenge coin from Rear Adm. Christina M. Alavarado, commander, reserve component expeditionary medicine, during Exercise Global Medic at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 19, 2016. Spence was presented the coin for the continuous hard work he did throughout the course of the exercise and for constantly maintaining a positive and upbeat attitude. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Martens/Released) - Lance Cpl. Vicente C. Spence (right), a motor transport operator with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, receives a challenge coin from Rear Adm. Christina M. Alavarado, commander, reserve component expeditionary medicine, during Exercise Global Medic at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 19, 2016. Spence was presented the coin for the continuous hard work he did throughout the course of the exercise and for constantly maintaining a positive and upbeat attitude. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Martens/Released)

Cpl. Thomas A. Trinosky Jr., a combat engineer with Engineer Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 25, and Senior Airman Michael Chinchilla, an engineering assistant with 482nd Civil Engineering Squadron, Air Force Reserve, secure a piece of drywall during Innovative Readiness Training Dry Tortugas at Dry Tortugas National Park, Fla., Aug. 15, 2016. IRT Dry Tortugas is an Air Force Reserve-led project to provide construction services at the request of the National Park Service. During this year’s iteration, the Marines and Airmen worked together to renovate the crew quarters of Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released) - Cpl. Thomas A. Trinosky Jr., a combat engineer with Engineer Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 25, and Senior Airman Michael Chinchilla, an engineering assistant with 482nd Civil Engineering Squadron, Air Force Reserve, secure a piece of drywall during Innovative Readiness Training Dry Tortugas at Dry Tortugas National Park, Fla., Aug. 15, 2016. IRT Dry Tortugas is an Air Force Reserve-led project to provide construction services at the request of the National Park Service. During this year’s iteration, the Marines and Airmen worked together to renovate the crew quarters of Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry S. Pring (left), a hospital corpsman with Detachment B, Marine Wing Support Squadron-472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, Lance Cpl. David J. Rowe (center), an aircraft rescue and firefighting specialist with Det. B, MWSS-472, and Lance Cpl. Benjamin A. Bakker (right), an automotive maintenance technician with Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, simulate a casualty evacuation at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, July 9, 2016. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry S. Pring (left), a hospital corpsman with Detachment B, Marine Wing Support Squadron-472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, Lance Cpl. David J. Rowe (center), an aircraft rescue and firefighting specialist with Det. B, MWSS-472, and Lance Cpl. Benjamin A. Bakker (right), an automotive maintenance technician with Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, simulate a casualty evacuation at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, July 9, 2016. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)

HM1(FMF) Argenis Mendoza (second from right), leading petty officer with Surgical Company B, 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, poses for a picture with Marines and Sailors from 4th MLG in Mozambique, Africa, during Operation Shared Accord in June 2010. Mendoza, a surgical technologist, is the Reserve component recipient of the 2015 Marine Forces Reserve Sailor of the Year award. [Courtesy photo by HM1(FMF) Argenis Mendoza] - HM1(FMF) Argenis Mendoza (second from right), leading petty officer with Surgical Company B, 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, poses for a picture with Marines and Sailors from 4th MLG in Mozambique, Africa, during Operation Shared Accord in June 2010. Mendoza, a surgical technologist, is the Reserve component recipient of the 2015 Marine Forces Reserve Sailor of the Year award. [Courtesy photo by HM1(FMF) Argenis Mendoza]

Mike Gilbert, director of operations with Amazon Fulfillment, speaks to senior leaders with the 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, about Amazon’s leadership principles at the 4th MLG Senior Leadership Seminar at the Marines’ Memorial Club and Hotel in San Francisco, Sept. 27, 2015. Senior leaders with 4th MLG gathered in San Francisco to discuss leadership challenges within 4th MLG and to learn how civilian corporations apply leadership principles within their organizations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/Released) - Mike Gilbert, director of operations with Amazon Fulfillment, speaks to senior leaders with the 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, about Amazon’s leadership principles at the 4th MLG Senior Leadership Seminar at the Marines’ Memorial Club and Hotel in San Francisco, Sept. 27, 2015. Senior leaders with 4th MLG gathered in San Francisco to discuss leadership challenges within 4th MLG and to learn how civilian corporations apply leadership principles within their organizations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/Released)

Sgt. Chaz Arurang, a supply administration and operations specialist with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, stands on the barrel of a canon at the Peleliu World War II Memorial Museum in Peleliu. Peleliu, Arurang’s native home island in the western pacific, is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history. - Sgt. Chaz Arurang, a supply administration and operations specialist with 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, stands on the barrel of a canon at the Peleliu World War II Memorial Museum in Peleliu. Peleliu, Arurang’s native home island in the western pacific, is where one of the most ferocious and hardest fought battles by U.S. Marines took place during World War II. The 73-day long conflict resulted in the highest number of casualties of any amphibious assault in military history.