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Lance Cpl. Scott G. Gulette, top, catches his opponent off-guard and brings him to the ground during the 35th annual Okinawa Island-Wide Sumo Tournament July 26, 2014 at the Kin Town Athletic Field, Okinawa, Japan. In Okinawa-style sumo wrestling, the competitors begin at the center of the ring with both hands on their opponent’s belt and they attempt to pin their opponents to the ground without losing their grip. Gulette is a Richmond, Michigan native and forward observer with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Ngiraswei

Corpsmen train for small-unit rushes as part of force resuscitative care training June 27 at Camp Hansen. The training involved simulated combat casualty scenarios that prepared the corpsmen for triaging and treating potential casualties during combat deployments, while also ensuring basic combat skills were emphasized throughout. The corpsmen are with Company B, 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaac Ibarra

Marines stabilize their Combat Rubber Raiding Craft after broaching the craft during a month-long coxswains course July 22 at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan. The purpose of broaching is to simulate a small boat capsizing in turbulent waters and complete the steps necessary to recover the craft. Following completion of the course the Marines will gain an additional military occupational specialty of 0316, or CRRC coxswain. The Marines are with various units assigned to 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Matt Myers

Staff Sgt. Brandon Wood, the operations chief for Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 combat engineers based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., verifies targets as Cpl. Benjamin Rodriguez fires a MK 19 automatic grenade launcher, July 29,2014, at Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. Combat engineers from MWSS-371 practiced automatic weapons training by firing the M203 grenade launcher, the M32 multiple grenade launcher, and the MK 19 automatic grenade launcher in order to better prepare for future missions.

Photo by Cpl. Brendan King

Marines with the headquarters element of Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, call over a Marine for communication set up during a long-range raid at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, as part of their Western Pacific 14-2 deployment Aug. 1, 2014.The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deploying as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/ RELEASED)

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Lance Cpl. Justin T. Goedert, a mortarman with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and Queens, N.Y., fires an M-252 81mm high-explosive mortar during a live-fire exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 23, 2014. The 24th MEU is currently conducting a realistic urban training exercise, their first major pre-deployment training event in preparation for their deployment at the end of the year.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin A. Lewis

Lance Cpl. Andrew Crotts, a section leader with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, directs the placement of aiming stakes for his section of mortars aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 29, 2014. The mortars were utilized in support of a live-fire range involving adjacent infantry and machine gun units.

Photo by Lance Cpl. William Perkins

Smoke clears after Marines deploy an MK-154 mine clearance launcher during a training exercise in Twentynine Palms, California. The MK-154 was deadlined in 2013 following a mishap at the recommendation of Marine Corps Systems Command engineers trained in mishap investigation. The Mishap Investigation Training and Support Implementation Team, or MITSIT, received a Secretary of the Navy safety award for their efforts in training acquisition engineers to be mishap investigators.

Photo by LCpl Kelsey J. Green

An M9 Berretta pistol is secured in a holster during a training event at Carlos Hathcock Range Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The new Combat Pistol Program requires shooters to draw their M9 Berretta pistol from a holster, fire at a target, and hold their pistol in a ready position while assessing the area around them for more threats.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Johns

An MV-22B Osprey, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, maneuvers into position to receive fuel en route to Hawaii, July 30th, 2014. Four Ospreys launched from the USS Makin Island and traveled more than 800 nautical miles to insert an element of Marines into a simulated embassy compound. The MEU departed San Diego on July 25 and is currently deployed as part of Western Pacific 14-2. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evan R. White/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Evan White

Aviation ordnance Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 225 load a LAU-10 rocket on an F/A-18 Hornet during high-explosive ordnance loading training at the combat aircraft loading area aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The ordnance Marines also loaded the aircraft with MK-82 low-drag bombs during the training.

Photo by Cpl. Raquel Barraza

Department of Defense's first production F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter flies toward its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., escorted by Marine Corps F-18 Hornets. The Marine variant of the JSF belongs to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 501. The Marines of VMFAT-501 received two F-35Bs Jan. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

Photo by Courtesy Photo

A Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion rides over a beach carrying a M1 Abrams tank with Company E, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during a simulated ship-to-shore movement as a part of the battalion’s annual training exercise here, July 21, 2014. The two week exercise included live-fire tank and infantry integration as well as amphibious operations which gave the Marines a chance to operate in a simulated ship-to-shore movement. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Codey Underwood)

Photo by Cpl. Codey Underwood

Marine Special Operations Officers graduating MARSOC’s ITC will be assigned a new Primary Military Occupational Specialty, clearing the way for retention and promotion in a professional career path. Previously, only enlisted Marines designated as critical skills operators were awarded a PMOS of 0372, while SOOs were awarded an Additional Military Occupational Specialty of 0370. The decision now allows SOOs to hold 0370 as a PMOS, and be managed with a development strategy that facilitates talent management of Special Operations Forces skills, standardized training, retention, promotions, command, professional military education and career progression, according to Maj. Gen Clark, the MARSOC commander.“Approval of the PMOS allows the Marine Corps the ability to develop Marine Special Operations Officers, over a course of a career, as both fully proficient special operations professionals and well-rounded Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force officers,” said Clark.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas W. Provost

Cpl. Alex Roberts, a turret gunner and weapons noncommissioned officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 7, makes final adjustments to his M240B machine gun in the turret of his Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, July 14, 2014. Roberts, a native of Dunnellon, Fla., and his fellow turret gunners with CLB-7 act as the eyes and ears while being the guardian angels of each combat logistics patrol conducted during their deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Frances Johnson

U.S. Navy sailor HM2 Matthew Belmonte, a senior line corpsman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, observes his surroundings during a security patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan on July 16, 2014. Patrols are conducted to disrupt enemy operations against Bastion- Leatherneck Complex.

Photo by Cpl. John Martinez

The colors of Marine Corps Logistics Command (Forward) are lowered during a flag folding ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, June 1, 2014. MCLC (Fwd) merged with Redeployment and Retrograde in support of Reset and Reconstitution Operations Group to more efficiently work to redeploy the Corps from Afghanistan.

Photo by Cpl. Cody Haas

Marines and sailors with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, move to concealed positions after taking enemy fire during a reconnaissance patrol near Patrol Base Boldak in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 15, 2014. The Marines and sailors of the unit conduct daily patrols in order to maintain trust and communication with the local Afghan population.

Photo by Cpl. Michael Dye