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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Marlo, a hospital corpsman and black belt Martial Arts Instructor with 2nd Medical Battalion (right), breaks down the movements used to counter a knife attack at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to better understand how foreign militaries function.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Marlo, a hospital corpsman and black belt Martial Arts Instructor with 2nd Medical Battalion (right), breaks down the movements used to counter a knife attack at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to better understand how foreign militaries function.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group show the intensity behind trench warfare by conducting a pugil sticks scrimmage at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to better understand how foreign militaries function.

Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group show the intensity behind trench warfare by conducting a pugil sticks scrimmage at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to better understand how foreign militaries function.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

Staff Sgt. Chase Carson, a Martial Arts Instructor Trainer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, motivates Canadian cadets before giving a demonstration of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to better understand how foreign militaries function.

Staff Sgt. Chase Carson, a Martial Arts Instructor Trainer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, motivates Canadian cadets before giving a demonstration of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to better understand how foreign militaries function.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

Staff Sgt. Chase Carson, a Martial Arts Instructor Trainer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, answers questions from a Canadian cadet following a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program demonstration at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to better understand how foreign militaries function.

Staff Sgt. Chase Carson, a Martial Arts Instructor Trainer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, answers questions from a Canadian cadet following a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program demonstration at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to better understand how foreign militaries function.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

Staff Sgt. Chase Carson, a Martial Arts Instructor Trainer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, showcases different Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques to Canadian cadets at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to gain understand how foreign militaries function.

Staff Sgt. Chase Carson, a Martial Arts Instructor Trainer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, showcases different Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques to Canadian cadets at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. A total of 46 cadets with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Regimental Cadet Corps visited the base and multiple units as part of an educational tour to gain understand how foreign militaries function.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion load a simulated casualty into a medical humvee during a mass casualty training scenario at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2016. The injuries the sailors encountered included notional gunshot wounds, blast wounds and burns. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion load a simulated casualty into a medical humvee during a mass casualty training scenario at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2016. The injuries the sailors encountered included notional gunshot wounds, blast wounds and burns. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion load a simulated casualty onto a training helicopter during a mass casualty training scenario at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2016. The injuries the sailors encountered included simulated gunshot wounds, blast wounds and burns. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion load a simulated casualty onto a training helicopter during a mass casualty training scenario at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2016. The injuries the sailors encountered included simulated gunshot wounds, blast wounds and burns. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion load a simulated casualty into a medical humvee during a mass casualty training scenario at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2016. The training was held to evaluate medical personnel capabilities in a field environment with limited manpower and resources. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion load a simulated casualty into a medical humvee during a mass casualty training scenario at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2016. The training was held to evaluate medical personnel capabilities in a field environment with limited manpower and resources. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

Cpl. Alex Valdez, an electro-optical ordnance repairman and the Evacuation Control Center holding noncommissioned officer in charge, searches a detainee during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Cpl. Alex Valdez, an electro-optical ordnance repairman and the Evacuation Control Center holding noncommissioned officer in charge, searches a detainee during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, verify the identity of a notionally-displaced citizen at the first station of the Evacuation Control Center during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, verify the identity of a notionally-displaced citizen at the first station of the Evacuation Control Center during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez

Sgt. Brandyn Knight, the Evacuation Control Center entry point noncommissioned officer in charge with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, briefs notionally displaced American citizens as they prepare to enter the ECC to be evacuated during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps illustration by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Sgt. Brandyn Knight, the Evacuation Control Center entry point noncommissioned officer in charge with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, briefs notionally displaced American citizens as they prepare to enter the ECC to be evacuated during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps illustration by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James Aliviado, a hospital corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, evaluates an injury of a notionally displaced American citizen as he enters the Evacuation Control Center during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James Aliviado, a hospital corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, evaluates an injury of a notionally displaced American citizen as he enters the Evacuation Control Center during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez

Marine landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 assist a notionally displaced American citizen with disembarking a hostile foreign country during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Marine landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 assist a notionally displaced American citizen with disembarking a hostile foreign country during the battalion’s certification exercise, at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., March 10, 2016. The battalion is slated to deploy on Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)

Photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez

Marines with Landing Support platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 2 connect the line to a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion all have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, working together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. The training allows squadron pilots to practice loading and unloading cargo from a CH-53 Super Stallion without touching the ground, as well as allow the Marines with CLB-2 to sharpen their reaction times while helping load and unload the cargo. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Marines with Landing Support platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 2 connect the line to a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion all have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, working together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. The training allows squadron pilots to practice loading and unloading cargo from a CH-53 Super Stallion without touching the ground, as well as allow the Marines with CLB-2 to sharpen their reaction times while helping load and unload the cargo. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening

Marines with CLB-2 wait for the command to rush the cargo after it has been dropped by a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, working together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. The training allows squadron pilots to practice loading and unloading cargo from a CH-53 Super Stallion without touching the ground, as well as allow the Marines with CLB-2 to sharpen their reaction times while helping load and unload the cargo. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Marines with CLB-2 wait for the command to rush the cargo after it has been dropped by a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, working together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. The training allows squadron pilots to practice loading and unloading cargo from a CH-53 Super Stallion without touching the ground, as well as allow the Marines with CLB-2 to sharpen their reaction times while helping load and unload the cargo. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening

Marines with CLB-2 prepare to attach cargo to a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, working together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. The training allows squadron pilots to practice loading and unloading cargo from a CH-53 Super Stallion without touching the ground, as well as allow the Marines with CLB-2 to sharpen their reaction times while helping load and unload the given cargo. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening

Marines with CLB-2 prepare to attach cargo to a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, working together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. The training allows squadron pilots to practice loading and unloading cargo from a CH-53 Super Stallion without touching the ground, as well as allow the Marines with CLB-2 to sharpen their reaction times while helping load and unload the given cargo. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening

Photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening

A CH-53E Super Stallion lifts cargo during a helicopter support training exercise, aided by Marines with Landing Support Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 2 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. Helicopter support team missions are critical to mission accomplishment because they provide the ability to quickly and efficiently provide support to other Marines on the ground, and they assist with the loading and unloading of important equipment such as small vehicles, supplies, and food rations in a moment’s notice. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

A CH-53E Super Stallion lifts cargo during a helicopter support training exercise, aided by Marines with Landing Support Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 2 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. Helicopter support team missions are critical to mission accomplishment because they provide the ability to quickly and efficiently provide support to other Marines on the ground, and they assist with the loading and unloading of important equipment such as small vehicles, supplies, and food rations in a moment’s notice. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 move quickly to attach cargo to a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, they work together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. In real world events, helicopter support team missions are critical to mission accomplishment because they provide the ability to quickly and efficiently provide support to Marines on the ground, loading and unloading important equipment such as small vehicles, supplies, and food rations in a moment’s notice. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 move quickly to attach cargo to a CH-53E Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, they work together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. In real world events, helicopter support team missions are critical to mission accomplishment because they provide the ability to quickly and efficiently provide support to Marines on the ground, loading and unloading important equipment such as small vehicles, supplies, and food rations in a moment’s notice. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening

A CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to pick up its intended cargo during a helicopter support team exercise, aided by Marines with Landing Support Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 2 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The training allows squadron pilots to practice loading and unloading cargo from a CH-53 Super Stallion without touching the ground, as well as allow the Marines with CLB-2 to sharpen their reaction times while helping load and unload cargo. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion all have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, working together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

A CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to pick up its intended cargo during a helicopter support team exercise, aided by Marines with Landing Support Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 2 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2, 2016. The training allows squadron pilots to practice loading and unloading cargo from a CH-53 Super Stallion without touching the ground, as well as allow the Marines with CLB-2 to sharpen their reaction times while helping load and unload cargo. The Marines working underneath the Super Stallion all have critical roles in ensuring mission accomplishment, working together to attach the equipment on the ground to the helicopter while it hovers in the air about 10 feet above them. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Photo by Cpl. Shannon Kroening

Staff Sgt. Keith Winkeleer, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with 2nd EOD Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 252, measures the depth and width of a crater caused by a C-4 explosion in Rena, Norway, Feb. 22, 2016, in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 16. The exercise will include 12 NATO allies and partner nations, and approximately 16,000 troops. Marines will train alongside Norwegian EOD specialists to see how they operate in order to become more proficient at working with each other in the future.

Staff Sgt. Keith Winkeleer, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with 2nd EOD Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 252, measures the depth and width of a crater caused by a C-4 explosion in Rena, Norway, Feb. 22, 2016, in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 16. The exercise will include 12 NATO allies and partner nations, and approximately 16,000 troops. Marines will train alongside Norwegian EOD specialists to see how they operate in order to become more proficient at working with each other in the future.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brianna Gaudi