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Reserve Marines and Army personnel work on heavy equipment during Integrated Readiness Training Old Harbor, June 20, 2017 in Old Harbor, Alaska. Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, led exercise IRT Old Harbor during which service members trained in a wide variety of skills while extending Old Harbor’s runway from 2,700 feet to 4,700 feet helping facilitate economic development. - Reserve Marines and Army personnel work on heavy equipment during Integrated Readiness Training Old Harbor, June 20, 2017 in Old Harbor, Alaska. Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, led exercise IRT Old Harbor during which service members trained in a wide variety of skills while extending Old Harbor’s runway from 2,700 feet to 4,700 feet helping facilitate economic development.

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)

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)

Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, stand in formation as they attend the John H. Rich Jr. and Doris Lee Rich Memorial Beach and Ice Fishing Access Facility Dedication Ceremony in Standish, Maine, August 12, 2016. The Marines helped make the beach more accessible to the community during their annual Innovative Readiness Training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham) - Marines with 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, stand in formation as they attend the John H. Rich Jr. and Doris Lee Rich Memorial Beach and Ice Fishing Access Facility Dedication Ceremony in Standish, Maine, August 12, 2016. The Marines helped make the beach more accessible to the community during their annual Innovative Readiness Training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham)

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)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Neal Patrick, a hospital corpsman with 4th Medical Battalion and native of Dayton, Ohio, checks the distance between a patient’s pupils using a pupilometer during Innovative Readiness Training Arkansas Care, July 30, 2014. IRT Arkansas Care served the residents of a seven county area known as the Arkansas Delta region. The joint-service Reserve units provided a variety of general medical, optometry and dental services while simultaneously gaining the training they need for their military occupational specialty. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Neal Patrick, a hospital corpsman with 4th Medical Battalion and native of Dayton, Ohio, checks the distance between a patient’s pupils using a pupilometer during Innovative Readiness Training Arkansas Care, July 30, 2014. IRT Arkansas Care served the residents of a seven county area known as the Arkansas Delta region. The joint-service Reserve units provided a variety of general medical, optometry and dental services while simultaneously gaining the training they need for their military occupational specialty.

Marine Corps, Army and Navy dental technicians work together to care for a patient at the Kapaa Middle School site, June 19, during Innovative Readiness Training exercise Tropic Care 2014. Kapaa Middle School is one of three main sites that patients can be seen for medical, dental and optometry care provided by the Department of Defense at no cost to the public, providing simultaneous military training for medical personnel. TC14 also allows service members from each branch to combine their expertise in a joint-training environment. - Marine Corps, Army and Navy dental technicians work together to care for a patient at the Kapaa Middle School site, June 19, during Innovative Readiness Training exercise Tropic Care 2014. Kapaa Middle School is one of three main sites that patients can be seen for medical, dental and optometry care provided by the Department of Defense at no cost to the public, providing simultaneous military training for medical personnel. TC14 also allows service members from each branch to combine their expertise in a joint-training environment.