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U.S. Marine Corps Instructors of Water Survival and graduates of the Water Survival Advanced course pose for a group photo on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, July 22, 2022. WSA is the highest swim qualification that Marines can obtain before becoming Marine Corps Instructors of Water Survival. Throughout the course, students endured aquatic conditioning, endurance swimming, and underwater rescue training. - U.S. Marine Corps Instructors of Water Survival and graduates of the Water Survival Advanced course pose for a group photo on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, July 22, 2022. WSA is the highest swim qualification that Marines can obtain before becoming Marine Corps Instructors of Water Survival. Throughout the course, students endured aquatic conditioning, endurance swimming, and underwater rescue training.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Jay, a religious program specialist with Marine Corps Installations West, fires an M4 carbine during the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022. The competition is designed to significantly enhance participants’ proficiency in the use of individual small arms by refining fundamental marksmanship skills, learning marksmanship techniques, and pushing through mental and physical boundaries in a competitive forum. - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Jay, a religious program specialist with Marine Corps Installations West, fires an M4 carbine during the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 16, 2022. The competition is designed to significantly enhance participants’ proficiency in the use of individual small arms by refining fundamental marksmanship skills, learning marksmanship techniques, and pushing through mental and physical boundaries in a competitive forum.

U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 declares their initial operational capability for the F-35C Lightning II, having met the standards set forth by Headquarters Marine Corps. - U.S. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 declares their initial operational capability for the F-35C Lightning II, having met the standards set forth by Headquarters Marine Corps.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Garald John, combat marksmanship trainer, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, assesses Marines while they “snap in” at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 5, 2018. "Snapping in" is the term used to describe practicing dry-firing with an empty weapon before live-firing. - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Garald John, combat marksmanship trainer, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, assesses Marines while they “snap in” at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 5, 2018. "Snapping in" is the term used to describe practicing dry-firing with an empty weapon before live-firing.

Sgt. Maj. Garritt E. Duncan with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division jumps out the back of an aircraft during monthly airborne jumps aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 1, 2015. Jumping at 12,500 feet above ground level, the Marines free-fall for about a minute before they release their parachutes near 5,000 feet and descend onto the landing zone. - Sgt. Maj. Garritt E. Duncan with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division jumps out the back of an aircraft during monthly airborne jumps aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 1, 2015. Jumping at 12,500 feet above ground level, the Marines free-fall for about a minute before they release their parachutes near 5,000 feet and descend onto the landing zone.

U.S Marine Sgt. Eric Maehler holds security while conducting a raid during realistic urban training at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Dec. 8, 2014. Maehler is a team leader with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force. RUT prepares the Marines of the 15th MEU for their upcoming deployment by enhancing their combat skills in environments they may encounter in future missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released) - U.S Marine Sgt. Eric Maehler holds security while conducting a raid during realistic urban training at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Dec. 8, 2014. Maehler is a team leader with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force. RUT prepares the Marines of the 15th MEU for their upcoming deployment by enhancing their combat skills in environments they may encounter in future missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released)

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force conduct a raid during realistic urban training aboard Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., Dec. 5, 2014. RUT prepares the Marines of the 15th MEU for their upcoming deployment, enhancing their combat skills in environments similar to those they may find in future missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released) - U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force conduct a raid during realistic urban training aboard Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., Dec. 5, 2014. RUT prepares the Marines of the 15th MEU for their upcoming deployment, enhancing their combat skills in environments similar to those they may find in future missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released)