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Sgt. Emmanuel Dickson, an administrative specialist with personnel sourcing, Marine Forces Reserve, performs a pull up during a break here, May 20. Dickson is currently the leader of the MARFORRES Pull-Up Campaign, logging more than 2,500 pull-ups.

Sgt. Emmanuel Dickson, an administrative specialist with personnel sourcing, Marine Forces Reserve, performs a pull up during a break here, May 20. Dickson is currently the leader of the MARFORRES Pull-Up Campaign, logging more than 2,500 pull-ups.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Sgt. Emmanuel Dickson, an administrative specialist with personnel sourcing, Marine Forces Reserve, takes a break after doing a set of pull-ups here, May 20. Dickson says he can currently perform 38 pull-ups in a row, and performs more than 100 pull-ups every day.

Sgt. Emmanuel Dickson, an administrative specialist with personnel sourcing, Marine Forces Reserve, takes a break after doing a set of pull-ups here, May 20. Dickson says he can currently perform 38 pull-ups in a row, and performs more than 100 pull-ups every day.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, talks with Lance Cpl. Moises Zepedaserrano of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class David Pereira, hospital man, 4th Dental Bn., 4th MLG, MARFORRES, at the Noorvik School, April 20. Katkus was one the distinguished visitors who traveled to three of the 12 Alaskan villages taking part in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013. The exercise is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, talks with Lance Cpl. Moises Zepedaserrano of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class David Pereira, hospital man, 4th Dental Bn., 4th MLG, MARFORRES, at the Noorvik School, April 20. Katkus was one the distinguished visitors who traveled to three of the 12 Alaskan villages taking part in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013. The exercise is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Photo by Cpl Marcin Platek

Brig. Gen. James Mason, deputy commander of operations for 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve; Col. Hunt Kerrigan, commander of 38th Troop Command, Alaska National Guard; Army Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; and Navy Capt. Karen Trueblood, director of Innovative Readiness Training, Office of Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs; observe Spc. Karen Green, veterinary technician, 109th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services, as she prepares a dog for a surgery here, April 20. Mason, Kerrigan, Katkus and Trueblood were some of the distinguished visitors who traveled to three of the 12 Alaskan villages taking part in IRT Arctic Care 2013. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Brig. Gen. James Mason, deputy commander of operations for 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve; Col. Hunt Kerrigan, commander of 38th Troop Command, Alaska National Guard; Army Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; and Navy Capt. Karen Trueblood, director of Innovative Readiness Training, Office of Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs; observe Spc. Karen Green, veterinary technician, 109th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services, as she prepares a dog for a surgery here, April 20. Mason, Kerrigan, Katkus and Trueblood were some of the distinguished visitors who traveled to three of the 12 Alaskan villages taking part in IRT Arctic Care 2013. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Photo by Cpl Marcin Platek

Brig. Gen. James Mason, deputy commander of operations for 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve, and other distinguished visitors look at a berthing area in the Selawik School, April 20. Service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 have to sleep in makeshift berthing areas whenever they travel to a remote village as part of their training. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Brig. Gen. James Mason, deputy commander of operations for 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve, and other distinguished visitors look at a berthing area in the Selawik School, April 20. Service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 have to sleep in makeshift berthing areas whenever they travel to a remote village as part of their training. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Photo by Cpl Marcin Platek

Cpl. Tyler Henscheid, a combat engineer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, ice fishes in the middle of Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Henscheid, a native of Westphalia, Iowa, and 11 other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 spent nearly two hours trying to catch sea fish but came up empty-handed.

Cpl. Tyler Henscheid, a combat engineer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, ice fishes in the middle of Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Henscheid, a native of Westphalia, Iowa, and 11 other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 spent nearly two hours trying to catch sea fish but came up empty-handed.

Photo by Cpl Marcin Platek

Cpl. Jesus Godiez of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, helps a local child empty an ice hole he helped dig April 17. Godiez and other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited to ice fish after working hours.

Cpl. Jesus Godiez of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, helps a local child empty an ice hole he helped dig April 17. Godiez and other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited to ice fish after working hours.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

A sailor with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve holds an Inupiaq fishing rod as other service members dig a hole in the ice covering Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Marines and sailors used these authentic Native American ice fishing rods made out of wood to catch 3 fish, April 11, but unsuccessfully did not catch anything on the following fishing trip, April 17.

A sailor with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve holds an Inupiaq fishing rod as other service members dig a hole in the ice covering Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Marines and sailors used these authentic Native American ice fishing rods made out of wood to catch 3 fish, April 11, but unsuccessfully did not catch anything on the following fishing trip, April 17.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Cpl. Juarez Ordoniez, a ground communications organizational repairer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, sits in his snowy foxhole and ice fishes in the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April 17. Ordoniez, a native of Victorville, Calif., and a handful of other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited by the locals to ice fish. On his first try fishing, April 11, Ordoniez caught one sea fish, but this time he came out empty-handed.

Cpl. Juarez Ordoniez, a ground communications organizational repairer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, sits in his snowy foxhole and ice fishes in the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April 17. Ordoniez, a native of Victorville, Calif., and a handful of other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited by the locals to ice fish. On his first try fishing, April 11, Ordoniez caught one sea fish, but this time he came out empty-handed.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Cpl. Gabriel Castroena, an electrician with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and a native of San Bernardino, Calif., helps Jung In, a local fishing enthusiast, dig a hole in ice with an auger on the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April. 17. In, who invited the Marines to ice fish, said they were really eager to help and handled the machine really well.

Cpl. Gabriel Castroena, an electrician with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and a native of San Bernardino, Calif., helps Jung In, a local fishing enthusiast, dig a hole in ice with an auger on the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April. 17. In, who invited the Marines to ice fish, said they were really eager to help and handled the machine really well.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Lorris Wilson, reserve company gunnery sergeant, is interviewed by members of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers organization during the team’s visit to the base Sept. 30. About 40 members of the Sound Tigers organization visited the base as part of a team-building exercise. The Sound Tigers is a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Lorris Wilson, reserve company gunnery sergeant, is interviewed by members of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers organization during the team’s visit to the base Sept. 30. About 40 members of the Sound Tigers organization visited the base as part of a team-building exercise. The Sound Tigers is a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal

A four-man team of hockey players attempt to place a board cross a simulated river at Task 7 of the Leadership Reaction Course during the team’s visit to the base Sept. 30. The players and coaches visited the base to conducted team-building exercises with Marines from Marine Aircraft Group 49. The Sound Tigers is a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

A four-man team of hockey players attempt to place a board cross a simulated river at Task 7 of the Leadership Reaction Course during the team’s visit to the base Sept. 30. The players and coaches visited the base to conducted team-building exercises with Marines from Marine Aircraft Group 49. The Sound Tigers is a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal

A Bridgeport Sound Tigers hockey player carries his rucksacks and a litter for a 1.5-mile hike to the ranges during the team’s visit to the base Sept. 30. The players and coaches donned Kevlar helmets, flak jackets and their rucks for a hike to the Leadership Reaction Course, where they conducted team-building exercises. The Sound Tigers is a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

A Bridgeport Sound Tigers hockey player carries his rucksacks and a litter for a 1.5-mile hike to the ranges during the team’s visit to the base Sept. 30. The players and coaches donned Kevlar helmets, flak jackets and their rucks for a hike to the Leadership Reaction Course, where they conducted team-building exercises. The Sound Tigers is a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal

Sgt. Gregory Henry, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, assists a Bridgeport Sound Tigers hockey player with his chin strap of the Kevlar helmet during a visit to the base Sept. 30. About 40 members of the Sound Tigers organization visited the base as part of a team-building exercise. The Sound Tigers is a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

Sgt. Gregory Henry, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, assists a Bridgeport Sound Tigers hockey player with his chin strap of the Kevlar helmet during a visit to the base Sept. 30. About 40 members of the Sound Tigers organization visited the base as part of a team-building exercise. The Sound Tigers is a minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal