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Lance Cpl. Brandon Drapela, back, and Lance Cpl. Daniel Bordenave, front, both water support technicians with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, move equipment for the lightweight water purification system during the command post exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 8, 2020. Water support technician Marines used lightweight water purification systems to purify water before providing it to the combat engineer Marines working at another site. The CPX increases readiness and challenges SPMAGTF-SC command and control, communications and timely decision-making capabilities through simulated real-world scenarios. 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. Bordenave is from Pleasanton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)