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A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion participates in an open water fin training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The swim is part of a two week pre-dive course in order to get Marines within the unit ready for the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion participates in an open water fin training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The swim is part of a two week pre-dive course in order to get Marines within the unit ready for the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion take turns breathing through a snorkel as they refine the snorkel clearing techniques aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The Marines are students in a pre-dive course given by the unit. Later this year Marines who pass the course will be attending the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion take turns breathing through a snorkel as they refine the snorkel clearing techniques aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The Marines are students in a pre-dive course given by the unit. Later this year Marines who pass the course will be attending the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion conducts a final check of his gear as he prepares to enter the water aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. Marines within the unit are taking part in a preparatory course before they head to the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion conducts a final check of his gear as he prepares to enter the water aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. Marines within the unit are taking part in a preparatory course before they head to the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion shows the participants how to correctly adjust their goggles and snorkel before going under water during the pre-dive training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The pre-dive course is designed to strengthen the participants’ abilities before sending them to the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion shows the participants how to correctly adjust their goggles and snorkel before going under water during the pre-dive training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The pre-dive course is designed to strengthen the participants’ abilities before sending them to the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion swims through the water as he participates in the pre-dive course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. Marines within the unit are participating in the course in order to attend the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion swims through the water as he participates in the pre-dive course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. Marines within the unit are participating in the course in order to attend the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion learn how to correctly use their snorkel during the pre-dive training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The pre-dive course is designed to strengthen the participants’ abilities before sending them to the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion learn how to correctly use their snorkel during the pre-dive training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The pre-dive course is designed to strengthen the participants’ abilities before sending them to the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion conducts a final check of his gear as he prepares to enter the water aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. Marines within the unit are taking part in a preparatory course before they head to the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion conducts a final check of his gear as he prepares to enter the water aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. Marines within the unit are taking part in a preparatory course before they head to the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion completes his third lap in a pool as he participates in the pre-dive course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The course is being held to prepare the students as they look forward to attending the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion completes his third lap in a pool as he participates in the pre-dive course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The course is being held to prepare the students as they look forward to attending the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla., later this year.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion breathes through a snorkel as Marines in a pre-dive course refine the snorkel clearing techniques aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. Aug. 18, 2015. Later this year Marines who pass the course will be attending the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion breathes through a snorkel as Marines in a pre-dive course refine the snorkel clearing techniques aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. Aug. 18, 2015. Later this year Marines who pass the course will be attending the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion talks about the clearing techniques for a snorkel as he instructs Marines going through a pre-dive course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. Aug. 18, 2015. During the course Marines will be critiqued on their capabilities in a pool setting as well as in open water. Later this year Marines who pass the course will attend Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

A Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion talks about the clearing techniques for a snorkel as he instructs Marines going through a pre-dive course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. Aug. 18, 2015. During the course Marines will be critiqued on their capabilities in a pool setting as well as in open water. Later this year Marines who pass the course will attend Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion fight the current as they try to complete a 1,000 meter open water fin training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The Marines are training in preparation for the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion fight the current as they try to complete a 1,000 meter open water fin training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2015. The Marines are training in preparation for the Marine Combatant Diver Course at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Fla.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

Marines from Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Divison, I Marine Expeditionary Force, are suspended from a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during an exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Marines from Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Divison, I Marine Expeditionary Force, are suspended from a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during an exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Photo by Pfc. Devan Gowans

A Marine with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, fast-ropes out of a UH-1Y Huey helicopter on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

A Marine with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, fast-ropes out of a UH-1Y Huey helicopter on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Photo by Pfc. Devan Gowans

A Marine with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, provides security for his fellow Marines at the drop zone of a fast-roping exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

A Marine with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, provides security for his fellow Marines at the drop zone of a fast-roping exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Photo by Pfc. Devan Gowans

Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, draws a fast-roping line out from underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, draws a fast-roping line out from underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Photo by Pfc. Devan Gowans

Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, runs to grab the rope underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, runs to grab the rope underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Photo by Pfc. Devan Gowans

A Marine assigned to Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, fast-ropes out of a tower as part of Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques training to prepare for quick insertion missions out of helicopters aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 17, 2015. Fast-roping is the most commonly used insertion tactic for Reconnaissance Marines during training or real-life missions.

A Marine assigned to Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, fast-ropes out of a tower as part of Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques training to prepare for quick insertion missions out of helicopters aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 17, 2015. Fast-roping is the most commonly used insertion tactic for Reconnaissance Marines during training or real-life missions.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Elements of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) and 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted para-operations training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 6, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines, rigged with parachutes, jumped from an altitude of 13,000 feet with the assistance of Marines with VMM-365 (Rein) to practice airborne insertion.

Elements of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) and 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted para-operations training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 6, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines, rigged with parachutes, jumped from an altitude of 13,000 feet with the assistance of Marines with VMM-365 (Rein) to practice airborne insertion.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Fatmeh Saad

Elements of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) and 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted para-operations training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 6, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines, rigged with parachutes, jumped from an altitude of 13,000 feet with the assistance of Marines with VMM-365 (Rein) to practice airborne insertion.

Elements of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) and 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted para-operations training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 6, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines, rigged with parachutes, jumped from an altitude of 13,000 feet with the assistance of Marines with VMM-365 (Rein) to practice airborne insertion.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Fatmeh Saad

Elements of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, supported by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), freefall out of an MV-22B Osprey aircraft during para-operations training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 6, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines, rigged with parachutes, jumped from an altitude of 13,000 feet with the assistance of Marines with VMM-365 (Rein) to practice the airborne insertion.

Elements of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, supported by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), freefall out of an MV-22B Osprey aircraft during para-operations training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 6, 2015. Reconnaissance Marines, rigged with parachutes, jumped from an altitude of 13,000 feet with the assistance of Marines with VMM-365 (Rein) to practice the airborne insertion.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Fatmeh Saad