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Lance Cpl. Brandon Drapela, a water support technician with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, reviews water hoses pumping water into a lightweight water purification system during a command post exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 7, 2020. The CPX improves war-fighting capabilities while conducting realistic training to exercise command and control. SPMAGTF-SC will be deployed into the Southern Command area of operation to provide crisis response preparedness efforts, security cooperation training and engineering events to help strengthen relations with partner nations throughout Central and South America. Drapela is a native of Corvallis, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)