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U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, pose for a group photo with Gen. David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, during the annual Marine Corps rifle squad competition awards ceremony in the Hawkins Room at The Basic School on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 27, 2023.The annual Marine Corps rifle squad competition is a service-recognized competitive environment to determine, under simulated combat conditions, which Marine rifle squad most effectively demonstrates their combat capabilities and operational proficiency. - U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, pose for a group photo with Gen. David Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, during the annual Marine Corps rifle squad competition awards ceremony in the Hawkins Room at The Basic School on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 27, 2023.The annual Marine Corps rifle squad competition is a service-recognized competitive environment to determine, under simulated combat conditions, which Marine rifle squad most effectively demonstrates their combat capabilities and operational proficiency.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher J. Martin, an instructor with Marine Combatant Dive Detachment, Marine Aviation Training Support Group 21, Panama City, Florida, poses for a photo during the awards ceremony for the first Training Education Command Fittest Instructor Competition on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 14, 2023. The competitors underwent four days of competition that pushed each of them to their physical and mental limits. They learned that fitness is a skill that needs to be learned, practiced and maintained. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Kayla LeClaire) - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher J. Martin, an instructor with Marine Combatant Dive Detachment, Marine Aviation Training Support Group 21, Panama City, Florida, poses for a photo during the awards ceremony for the first Training Education Command Fittest Instructor Competition on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 14, 2023. The competitors underwent four days of competition that pushed each of them to their physical and mental limits. They learned that fitness is a skill that needs to be learned, practiced and maintained. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Kayla LeClaire)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ian D. Lowe, Unmanned Logistics Systems-Air (ULS-A) operator, Combat Logistics Battalion 8, shows how to start the Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (TRUAS) during a demonstration at DZ Cockatoo on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 29, 2023. Combat Development and Integration demonstrated the TRUAS, programming the ULS-A to carry a payload over a short distance, drop it at a specified location in the landing zone and return to its staring point. The TRUAS has a 9-mile range and maximum payload of 150 pounds, which is sufficient to fly in ammunition, food, medical supplies, and batteries, among other supplies. This small system only requires two Marines to operate and will be a game-changing capability for our distributed forces. Fielding this capability is a critical step in setting conditions for the development of the ULS-A Medium system, which is the required capability for large-scale tactical distribution in a contested space. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Kayla LeClaire) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ian D. Lowe, Unmanned Logistics Systems-Air (ULS-A) operator, Combat Logistics Battalion 8, shows how to start the Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (TRUAS) during a demonstration at DZ Cockatoo on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 29, 2023. Combat Development and Integration demonstrated the TRUAS, programming the ULS-A to carry a payload over a short distance, drop it at a specified location in the landing zone and return to its staring point. The TRUAS has a 9-mile range and maximum payload of 150 pounds, which is sufficient to fly in ammunition, food, medical supplies, and batteries, among other supplies. This small system only requires two Marines to operate and will be a game-changing capability for our distributed forces. Fielding this capability is a critical step in setting conditions for the development of the ULS-A Medium system, which is the required capability for large-scale tactical distribution in a contested space. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Kayla LeClaire)

U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Bradley Feldkamp, a motor transport operator, left, Lance Corporal Nicholas Dural, an infantry rifleman, center, and Corporal John Darby, a flight equipment technician, right, all attending Marine Security Guard School at Marine Corps Embassy Security Group, pose for a photo after receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for heroic acts performed while off-duty after an awards ceremony on Quantico, Virginia, April 6, 2023. The Marines received the award after intervening during an altercation between civilians involving a knife. The Marines successfully deescalated the situation, recovered the weapon and restrained the perpetrators until the police arrived on scene. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Keegan Bailey) - U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Bradley Feldkamp, a motor transport operator, left, Lance Corporal Nicholas Dural, an infantry rifleman, center, and Corporal John Darby, a flight equipment technician, right, all attending Marine Security Guard School at Marine Corps Embassy Security Group, pose for a photo after receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for heroic acts performed while off-duty after an awards ceremony on Quantico, Virginia, April 6, 2023. The Marines received the award after intervening during an altercation between civilians involving a knife. The Marines successfully deescalated the situation, recovered the weapon and restrained the perpetrators until the police arrived on scene. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Keegan Bailey)

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