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Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment conduct M249 light machine gun training at G-21 Machine Gun Range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014. Marines honed in on weapon skills and knowledge as they engaged various targets at unknown distances during different live-fire scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex W. Mitchell

Lance Cpl. Edwin Centofanti, a machine-gunner with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and native of Youngstown, Ohio (left), loads and closes an M249 light machine gun for Lance Cpl. Michael Hobbs, an anti-tank missleman with the battalion and native of Phoenix, Arizona, during a unit training exercise held at G-21 Machine Gun Range, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014. Marines conducted this training to keep up weapon system knowledge and improve on their skills with the machine gun to remain prepared to hold up the battalion’s purpose during deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex W. Mitchell

Lance Cpl. Edwin Centofanti, a machine-gunner with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment and native of Youngstown, Ohio (left), and Lance Cpl. Michael Hobbs, an anti-tank missleman with the battalion and native of Phoenix, Arizona, look down range as Hobbs engages targets with an M249 light machine gun at unknown distances during a live-fire training exercise held at G-21 Machine Gun Range, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014. Marines conducted this training to keep up weapon system knowledge and improve on their skills with the machine gun to remain prepared to hold up the battalion’s purpose during deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Mitchell)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alex W. Mitchell

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, pay their respects to three fallen service members during a memorial service aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014. The unit’s Marines approached the battlefield crosses in groups to pay their respect to Staff Sgt. David Stewart, Cpl. Brandon Garabrant, and Cpl. Adam F. Wolff, who were killed druing the battalion’s 2014 deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, pay their respects to Staff Sgt. David Stewart, Cpl. Brandon Garabrant, and Cpl. Adam Wolff during a memorial ceremony for aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014. The three Marines were killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where they served with a route clearance unit helping to clear routes for coalition forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

The memorials for Staff Sgt. David Stewart, Cpl. Brandon Garabrant, and Cpl. Adam Wolff, who were killed while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, sit at the front of a memorial ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014. The battlefield crosses stood in place of the fallen Marines, who served with a route clearance unit in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Battlefield crosses sit on stage for Staff Sgt. David Stewart, Cpl. Brandon Garabrant, and Cpl. Adam Wolff , during a memorial service held by 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014. The practice of making battlefield crosses started during the American Civil War, and helped identify fallen service members on the field of battle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Cpl. Christophe Stidom, a combat engineer with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, receives the urn of an explosives detection dog named Cade during a memorial ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014. Cade was killed June 20, 2014, while working with the Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Case/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Elizabeth Case

Family members and Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, pay their respects to three fallen service members during a memorial service aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 6, 2014. Guests approached the battlefield crosses in groups to pay their respect to Staff Sgt. David Stewart, Cpl. Brandon Garabrant, and Cpl. Adam F. Wolff, who were killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Case/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Elizabeth Case

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fire on a mock enemy bunker and provide suppressive fire for an assault team during a live-fire exercise on Range P28 aboard Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 5. The range was built specifically for the unit as a training aid to increase overall unit readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jorden M. Wells / Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jorden Wells

Machine gunners with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fire on a mock enemy bunker and provide suppressive fire for an assault team during a live-fire exercise on Range P28 aboard Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 4. The range was built specifically for the unit as a training aid to increase overall unit readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jorden M. Wells / Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jorden Wells

Two Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, fire an AT4-Rocket Launcher at a target during a live-fire training exercise on Range P28 aboard Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 5. The range was built specifically for the unit as a training aid to increase overall unit readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jorden M. Wells / Released)

Photo by Cpl. Jorden Wells

Corporal William Jacobsen, an assault amphibious vehicle crewman, fires his M4 Carbine down range with a group of Marines who scored the highest at the range earlier in the day at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 2, 2014. The Marines spent the entire day shooting an unknown distance range with the M4 Carbine and the M249 squad automatic weapon to better themselves at estimating distances and eliminating a target. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff / Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Lance Cpl. Walter Lindner, an assault amphibious vehicle crewman, fires his M-249 squad automatic weapon at pop up targets down range at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 2, 2014. The Marines spent the entire day shooting an unknown distance range with the M4 Carbine and the M249 squad automatic weapon to better themselves at estimating distances and eliminating a target. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff / Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Marines with Charlie Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, unload, unbox and organize live ammo that will be utilized during a course of fire at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 2, 2014. The Marines spent the entire day shooting an unknown distance range with the M4 Carbine and the M249 squad automatic weapon to better themselves at estimating distances and eliminating a target. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff / Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Sgt. William J. Puckett, an assault amphibious crew chief with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, watches from the turret of his AAV as Marines with his unit conduct a Gator Square after disembarking from the USS Whidbey Island off the coast of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 10, 2014. Alpha Company Marines spent two days on Onslow Beach testing their AAV’s before taking them out to sea to board the USS Whidbey Island in order to conduct ship operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff / Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Pfc. Samuel J. Gennusa, an assault amphibious vehicle crewman, drives his AAV off of the USS Whidbey Island to conduct a Gator Square with other Marines in his platoon off the coast of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 10, 2014. A Gator Square is completed when the assault amphibious vehicles form a square out at sea and maneuver back onto the ship. Alpha Company Marines spent two days on Onslow Beach testing their AAVs before taking them out to sea to board the USS Whidbey Island in order to conduct the ship operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff / Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, set out to sea and made it to the USS Whidbey Island off the coast of Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 10, 2014. Marines with the company spent two days on Onslow Beach testing their assault amphibious vehicles before taking them out to sea to board the USS Whidbey Island in order to conduct ship operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff / Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division disembark from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter to assault the Military Operations on Urban Terrain town at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 11, 2014. The battalion utilized the training town in preparation for the unit’s upcoming Integrated Training Exercise later this year.

Photo by Cpl. Jorden Wells

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division lay down suppressive fire, allowing fellow Marines to traverse to another complex on the Military Operations on Urban Terrain town aboard Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 11, 2014. The battalion utilized the training town in preparation for the unit’s upcoming Integrated Training Exercise later this year.

Photo by Cpl. Jorden Wells