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Marines with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, pause to check the scheme of maneuver before a platoon formation rehearsal during exercise Winter Break 2018 near Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 8, 2018. Winter Break 18 challenges Marines of Fox Co., 4th Tank Bn. to contend with employment problems caused by extreme cold weather and snow and adapt to the operational challenges of a severe climate. - Marines with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, pause to check the scheme of maneuver before a platoon formation rehearsal during exercise Winter Break 2018 near Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 8, 2018. Winter Break 18 challenges Marines of Fox Co., 4th Tank Bn. to contend with employment problems caused by extreme cold weather and snow and adapt to the operational challenges of a severe climate.

Janna Schickel, wife of Staff Sgt. Matt Schickel, a platoon guide from Company E, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, welcomes her husband home Nov. 15, 2012, at Fort Knox, Ky., upon his return from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Lanesville, Ind., native was greeted by friends and family upon his arrival at Fort Knox. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsa-Appiah/Released) - Janna Schickel, wife of Staff Sgt. Matt Schickel, a platoon guide from Company E, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, welcomes her husband home Nov. 15, 2012, at Fort Knox, Ky., upon his return from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Lanesville, Ind., native was greeted by friends and family upon his arrival at Fort Knox. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsa-Appiah/Released)

Capt. Michael Roberson, a UH-1N Huey utility helicopter pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts a simulated close-air support mission at Fort Irwin, Calif., Oct. 17, 2012. Roberson is a Columbia, S.C., native and has deployed four times to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsa-Appiah/Released) - Capt. Michael Roberson, a UH-1N Huey utility helicopter pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts a simulated close-air support mission at Fort Irwin, Calif., Oct. 17, 2012. Roberson is a Columbia, S.C., native and has deployed four times to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsa-Appiah/Released)

Sgt. Dante Capane receives the Reservist of the Year Award from Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos, and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps, Michael P. Barrett, at Lejeune Field, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Sept. 26, 2012. Of the 39,000 Reserve Marines, Capane was chosen to receive the award by the Marine Corps League. - Sgt. Dante Capane receives the Reservist of the Year Award from Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos, and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps, Michael P. Barrett, at Lejeune Field, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Sept. 26, 2012. Of the 39,000 Reserve Marines, Capane was chosen to receive the award by the Marine Corps League.

Marines assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion congratulate Staff Sgt. Alec Haralovich, after he was presented the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third highest award for combat valor. After Haralovich was shot twice in his body armor by an insurgent, he destroyed an enemy stronghold with a rocket and led his Marines on a two-hour assault after their ambushers during an Afghanistan deployment in 2011. Haralovich is a reconnaissance Marine assigned to E Company, 4th Reconnaissance Bn., 4th Marine Division. - Marines assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion congratulate Staff Sgt. Alec Haralovich, after he was presented the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third highest award for combat valor. After Haralovich was shot twice in his body armor by an insurgent, he destroyed an enemy stronghold with a rocket and led his Marines on a two-hour assault after their ambushers during an Afghanistan deployment in 2011. Haralovich is a reconnaissance Marine assigned to E Company, 4th Reconnaissance Bn., 4th Marine Division.

Brig. Gen. James S. Hartsell receives the Marine Corps colors from Maj. Gen. James M. Lariviere during the 4th Marine Division change of command ceremony at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Sept. 8. The passing of the colors is a symbol of exchanging command responsibility and leadership. Lariviere will serve at the Pentagon after two and a half years of leading 4th MarDiv. - Brig. Gen. James S. Hartsell receives the Marine Corps colors from Maj. Gen. James M. Lariviere during the 4th Marine Division change of command ceremony at the Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Sept. 8. The passing of the colors is a symbol of exchanging command responsibility and leadership. Lariviere will serve at the Pentagon after two and a half years of leading 4th MarDiv.