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A 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion critical skills operator stands watch over a detained individual during a night raid on a simulated target Feb. 18, 2015, in Key West, Fla. The team conducting the raid inserted via closed circuit diving and advanced from the ocean to the objective. The team spent a week in Key West practicing various maritime operations skill sets, further solidifying the development of their techniques, tactics and procedures, and their standard operating procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steven Fox/Released) - A 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion critical skills operator stands watch over a detained individual during a night raid on a simulated target Feb. 18, 2015, in Key West, Fla. The team conducting the raid inserted via closed circuit diving and advanced from the ocean to the objective. The team spent a week in Key West practicing various maritime operations skill sets, further solidifying the development of their techniques, tactics and procedures, and their standard operating procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steven Fox/Released)

Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin D. Baskin, special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman, 3d Marine Special Operations Battalion, Silver Star Medal recipient at Stone Bay aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. March 20, 2015. Baskin was awarded for his actions in Afghanistan April 25, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Scott A. Achtemeier / Released) - Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin D. Baskin, special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman, 3d Marine Special Operations Battalion, Silver Star Medal recipient at Stone Bay aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. March 20, 2015. Baskin was awarded for his actions in Afghanistan April 25, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Scott A. Achtemeier / Released)

Staff Sgt. Andrew C. Seif, a critical skills operator with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, was awarded the Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at Stone Bay aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 6, 2015, for his actions against the enemy in Badghis Province, Afghanistan. - Staff Sgt. Andrew C. Seif, a critical skills operator with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, was awarded the Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at Stone Bay aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 6, 2015, for his actions against the enemy in Badghis Province, Afghanistan.