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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)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Travis J. Ganong, armorer with Inspector Instructor Staff, Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, punches the boar of the M16’s for an integrated platoon of Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and commandos with 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, British army, during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 14, 2018. - U.S. Marine Sgt. Travis J. Ganong, armorer with Inspector Instructor Staff, Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, punches the bore of the M16’s for an integrated platoon of Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and commandos with 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, British army, during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 14, 2018. Exercise Red Dagger is a bilateral training exercise that gives Marines an opportunity to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures as well as build working relationships with their British counterparts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melanie Wolf/Released)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael C. Thweatt, combat engineer with Bridge Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, practices using a nail gun at a construction site during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 19, 2018. - U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael C. Thweatt, combat engineer with Bridge Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, practices using a nail gun at a construction site during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 19, 2018. Exercise Red Dagger is a bilateral training exercise that gives Marines an opportunity to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures as well as build working relationships with their British counterparts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melanie Wolf/Released)

U.S. Marine Private First Class Cody A. Evans, combat engineer with Engineer Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, posts as a road guard during a five mile hike with Marines with 6th ESB, 4th MLG, and British commando’s with 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, British Army, during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 17, 2018. - U.S. Marine Private First Class Cody A. Evans, combat engineer with Engineer Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, posts as a road guard during a five mile hike with Marines with 6th ESB, 4th MLG, and British commando’s with 131 Commando Squadron Royal Engineers, British Army, during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 17, 2018. Exercise Red Dagger is a bilateral training exercise that gives Marines an opportunity to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures as well as build working relationships with their British counterparts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melanie Wolf/Released)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon D. Flake, hospital corpsman with Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 17, 2018. - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon D. Flake, hospital corpsman with Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo during exercise Red Dagger at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 17, 2018. Exercise Red Dagger is a bilateral training exercise that gives Marines an opportunity to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures as well as build working relationships with their British counterparts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melanie Wolf/Released)

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.

Lance Cpl. Miguel Salazar, an unmanned aerial vehicle technician with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, returns an RQ-7 Shadow to the VMU-4 hanger at Camp Wilson, Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 22, 2017. - Lance Cpl. Miguel Salazar, an unmanned aerial vehicle technician with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, returns an RQ-7 Shadow to the VMU-4 hanger at Camp Wilson, Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 22, 2017. VMU-4 provided aerial reconnaissance in support of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, MARFORRES final battalion exercise of ITX 4-17. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stanley Moy)

Staff Sgt. Austin Kings (left), an intelligence specialist with Alpha Company, Intelligence Support Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Missouri Governor Eric Greitens (right) poses for a photo during an award ceremony at Jefferson City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2017. - Staff Sgt. Austin Kings (left), an intelligence specialist with Alpha Company, Intelligence Support Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Missouri Governor Eric Greitens (right) poses for a photo during an award ceremony at Jefferson City, Missouri, on Oct. 28, 2017. Kings was awarded the Medal of Merit during the Missouri Public Safety Officers Recognition for demonstrating exceptional amount of bravery during a conflict with a gunman. (Courtesy photo)

Cpl. Eric Gore, the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist training non-commissioned officer with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, stands outside of Marine Corps Support Facility in New Orleans, Oct. 16, 2017. - Cpl. Eric Gore, the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist training non-commissioned officer with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, stands outside of Marine Corps Support Facility in New Orleans, Oct. 16, 2017. Gore took leave to travel to Beaumont, Texas, to assist in relief efforts in wake of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in southeast Texas on Aug. 25, 2017; flooding thousands of homes and displacing more than 30,000 people. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)