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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mark Rodriguez, a squad leader with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, conducts movement drills while attending Jungle Amphibious Training School (JATS) during Tradewinds 2023 at Jungle Area Training Site, Guyana, July 18, 2023. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise designed to strengthen partnerships and interoperability, promote human rights, as well as increase all participants’ training capacity and capability to mitigate, plan for and respond to crises and security threats. Rodriguez is a native of South Hadley, Massachusetts and is currently a State Trooper. Rodriguez also graduated from South Hadley High School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by. Cpl. Ryan Schmid)