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Marines with Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Marine Forces Reserve remove litter along the levee in New Orleans, Louisiana on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, after a volunteer event run by the Single Marines Program. Each year, the program hosts a “Day in Service,” in which Marines and sailors dedicate their day to volunteering in their local community. - Marines with Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Marine Forces Reserve remove litter along the levee in New Orleans, Louisiana on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, after a volunteer event run by the Single Marines Program. Each year, the program hosts a “Day in Service,” in which Marines and sailors dedicate their day to volunteering in their local community.

Cpl. Joseph A. Childs (right), a team leader with 1st Platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, leads a fire team of Marines and soldiers from the Danish Home Guard through a room clearing drill during exercise Arctic Eagle at Camp Grayling, Mich., April 6, 2016. The Marines joined soldiers with the U.S. Army National Guard and the Danish Home Guard in the bilateral exercise, designed to simulate a joint task force defending key infrastructure in the arctic region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ian Leones/Released) - Cpl. Joseph A. Childs (right), a team leader with 1st Platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, leads a fire team of Marines and soldiers from the Danish Home Guard through a room clearing drill during exercise Arctic Eagle at Camp Grayling, Mich., April 6, 2016. The Marines joined soldiers with the U.S. Army National Guard and the Danish Home Guard in the bilateral exercise, designed to simulate a joint task force defending key infrastructure in the arctic region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. 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]

Maj. Gen. Paul W. Brier, commanding general of 4th Marine Division, addresses the audience during a Marine Corps birthday ball celebration with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey, Nov. 15, 2014. Brier spoke on the lineage of the Marine Corps, and 3rd Bn., 14th Marines and the role the battalion has played in the conflicts and wars of its nation. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released) - Maj. Gen. Paul W. Brier, commanding general of 4th Marine Division, addresses the audience during a Marine Corps birthday ball celebration with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey, Nov. 15, 2014. Brier spoke on the lineage of the Marine Corps, and 3rd Bn., 14th Marines and the role the battalion has played in the conflicts and wars of its nation. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Lance Cpl. Wayne Rohall (Middle) and Lance Cpl. Steven Foster, field artillerymen with India Battery, 3rd Battalion 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, ram a round into a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer, Oct. 25, 2014 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister. Exercise Twisted Sister was a live-fire artillery training exercise designed to hone tactics, techniques and procedures at the battalion level. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released) - FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Lance Cpl. Wayne Rohall (Middle) and Lance Cpl. Steven Foster, field artillerymen with India Battery, 3rd Battalion 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, ram a round into a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer, Oct. 25, 2014 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., during exercise Twisted Sister. Exercise Twisted Sister was a live-fire artillery training exercise designed to hone tactics, techniques and procedures at the battalion level. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. J. Gage Karwick/Released)