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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.

Sgt. Trenton Hammonds is a Red Springs, North Carolina native and Reserve Marine with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division. A natural leader, Hammonds is mentoring junior Marines during exercise Winter Break 2018 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 4-17, 2018. - Sgt. Trenton Hammonds is a Red Springs, North Carolina native and Reserve Marine with Company F, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division. A natural leader, Hammonds is mentoring junior Marines during exercise Winter Break 2018 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Feb. 4-17, 2018. When he's not training Marines in his capacity as a tank commander, Hammonds works as a maintenance supervisor for an apartment complex at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke.

HM2 Corey Parker is an Augusta, Georgia native and Navy corpsman stationed with a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. - HM2 Corey Parker is an Augusta, Georgia native and Navy corpsman stationed with a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Varias, a mortar man, with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, participates in Exercise Northern Strike 17 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Combat Center, Michigan from July 29 to Aug. 12, 2017. Exercise Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored training exercise that unites service members from multiple branches, states and coalition countries to conduct combined ground and air combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Imari J. Dubose/Released). - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Varias, a mortar man, with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, participates in Exercise Northern Strike 17 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Combat Center, Michigan from July 29 to Aug. 12, 2017. Exercise Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored training exercise that unites service members from multiple branches, states and coalition countries to conduct combined ground and air combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Imari J. Dubose/Released).

CAMP WILLIAM HINDS, RAYMOND, Maine – Air Force Staff Sgt. Michelle Manuel, a structural specialist with 161st Air Refueling Wing, Arizona Air National Guard and native of Phoenix, Arizona, drives a stake into the ground with a sledge hammer in an attempt to level the support beams of a new pavilion being built on a firing range during the joint service Innovative Readiness Training on Camp William Hinds in Raymond, Maine, July 10, 2014. IRT Camp Hinds is a joint service initiative designed to provide service memebers with real-world training opportunities preparing them for their war-time missions while also supporting the needs of America’s underserved communities. (Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released 140710-M-JL916-069) - CAMP WILLIAM HINDS, RAYMOND, Maine – Air Force Staff Sgt. Michelle Manuel, a structural specialist with 161st Air Refueling Wing, Arizona Air National Guard and native of Phoenix, Arizona, drives a stake into the ground with a sledge hammer in an attempt to level the support beams of a new pavilion being built on a firing range during the joint service Innovative Readiness Training on Camp William Hinds in Raymond, Maine, July 10, 2014. IRT Camp Hinds is a joint service initiative designed to provide service memebers with real-world training opportunities preparing them for their war-time missions while also supporting the needs of America’s underserved communities. (Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released 140710-M-JL916-069)