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Recruits of Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, begin the first of seven graduation requirements, Basic Water Survival Training, Dec. 28, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. Water survival qualification includes a 25-meter swim, jumping into the water from a tower, treading water, 25-meter pack swim and hastily shedding combat equipment underwater. Both companies are scheduled to graduate Feb. 24, 2017. (Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 and 3rd Marine Raider Battalion conducted parachute operations training from a CH-53E Super Stallion over Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 5, 2016. The operation provided training to the pilot and crew for when they are called upon to conduct personnel inserts in deployed environments, and also ensured that the special forces Marines continue to maintain their jump qualifications.

Cpl. Walter J. Holloway talks about a day in the life of a Marine 2111 small arms repair technician. Holloway is a small arms repair technician with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Japan.

U.S. Marines conduct training to become Marine Combat Instructors of Water Survival (MCIWS) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. MCIWS training is a 5-week course where students learn rescue swimming, life-saving procedures, and water survival techniques. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Cpl. Scott P. Smolinski/Released)