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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.

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)

Cpl. Joseph Dutton, from Brookline, Vermont, pry nails loose in the wooden flooring in an old military housing facility Jan. 9 during exercise Lava Viper 15-1.2 at Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii. Dutton is removing the nails to remove and replace the floor. The housing facility is used by various military branches as a safe house while waiting for ships to arrive with vehicles and supplies. MWSS-472 has been tasked to refurbish the facility because the building is deteriorating. Dutton is a combat engineer with MWSS-472, Marine Air Group 47, 4th Marine Air Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert Williams Jr./ Released) - Cpl. Joseph Dutton, from Brookline, Vermont, pry nails loose in the wooden flooring in an old military housing facility Jan. 9 during exercise Lava Viper 15-1.2 at Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii. Dutton is removing the nails to remove and replace the floor. The housing facility is used by various military branches as a safe house while waiting for ships to arrive with vehicles and supplies. MWSS-472 has been tasked to refurbish the facility because the building is deteriorating. Dutton is a combat engineer with MWSS-472, Marine Air Group 47, 4th Marine Air Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert Williams Jr./ Released)