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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ian Bergman, a cyberspace warfare operator with I Marine Expeditionary Force’s Defensive Cyber Operations Internal Defensive Measures team, poses for a photo at 9th Communication Battalion on Camp Pendleton, California June 29, 2022. I MEF’s DCO-IDM team won the Deputy Commandant for Information, Marine Corps “Capture the Flag” Cyber Games 2022. - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ian Bergman, a cyberspace warfare operator with I Marine Expeditionary Force’s Defensive Cyber Operations Internal Defensive Measures team, poses for a photo at 9th Communication Battalion on Camp Pendleton, California June 29, 2022. I MEF’s DCO-IDM team won the Deputy Commandant for Information, Marine Corps “Capture the Flag” Cyber Games 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christopher Dondzil, a cyberspace defensive operator with Defensive Cyberspace Operations - Internal Defensive Measures Company, 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, competed in a joint cyber competition hosted by the Japan Self-Defense Force at the Japan Ministry of Defense Base Ichigaya, Japan, Dec. 6-7, 2021. - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christopher Dondzil, a cyberspace defensive operator with Defensive Cyberspace Operations - Internal Defensive Measures Company, 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, competed in a joint cyber competition hosted by the Japan Self-Defense Force at the Japan Ministry of Defense Base Ichigaya, Japan, Dec. 6-7, 2021.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Kiriden Benny, left, and Staff Sgt. Travis Nichols, Defensive Cyberspace Operations-Internal Defensive Measures, 6th Communication Battalion, compete to capture flags, earning points based off of varying levels of difficulty during the Marine Corps "Capture the Flag" Cyber Games 2021 at Fort Meade, Maryland, Nov. 5, 2021. 6th Comm Bn. Cyber Team won the competition with 3,300 points, demonstrating a combination of industry and Marine Corps experience as a recipe for success. The competition consisted of eight teams across the Marine Corps including representatives from each Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Forces Reserve and the Cyber Mission Force which encompasses Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, and Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group. The Deputy Commandant for Information hosted the third iteration of the Marine Corps Cyber Games which focused on exercising skills related to offensive cyber operations. - U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Kiriden Benny, left, and Staff Sgt. Travis Nichols, Defensive Cyberspace Operations-Internal Defensive Measures, 6th Communication Battalion, compete to capture flags, earning points based off of varying levels of difficulty during the Marine Corps "Capture the Flag" Cyber Games 2021 at Fort Meade, Maryland, Nov. 5, 2021. 6th Comm Bn. Cyber Team won the competition with 3,300 points, demonstrating a combination of industry and Marine Corps experience as a recipe for success. The competition consisted of eight teams across the Marine Corps including representatives from each Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Forces Reserve and the Cyber Mission Force which encompasses Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, and Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group. The Deputy Commandant for Information hosted the third iteration of the Marine Corps Cyber Games which focused on exercising skills related to offensive cyber operations.